Chapter

Groundwater Use and Reporting Act

S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-10— Short title
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-20— Legislative declaration of policy
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-30— Definitions
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-40— Department to establish groundwater management program; withdrawers to register sources and report use
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-50— Department to monitor groundwater withdrawals; notice of construction of new well or increase in capacity of existing well; public notice
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-60— Capacity use area designation; notice and public hearing; development of groundwater management plan; groundwater withdrawal permits; appeals; grounds for reversal or modification
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-70— Exemptions
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-80— Registration of groundwater withdrawers; new wells
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-90— Reports of quantity of water withdrawn; methods for determining quantity
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-100— Permits; temporary permits; revocation; process for public participation in permitting process to be developed; contested case hearing
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-110— Powers of department
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-120— Violations of chapter or regulation; civil and criminal penalties
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-130— Wells not requiring pumps; restriction of flow; promulgation of regulations
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-140— Effect of chapter on rights of use of surface water
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-150— Existing capacity use areas