South Carolina Water Conservation Actions

October 29, 2007, SC Department of Natural Resources sent a survey to the 619 water systems in the state in an effort to compile data on how the systems are responding to the current drought. 263 surveys were returned as of February 7, 2008. Those surveys, combined with select phone surveys, resulted in the following statistics regarding South Carolina water conservation efforts. 45 water systems have implemented mandatory water restrictions, 146 water systems have implemented voluntary water restrictions, 124 have reported no water restrictions and 3 have both Voluntary and Mandatory water restrictions.

Percentage of Water Systems Reporting RestrictionsPercentage of SC Population under Restrictions

Current Water Conservation Actions by County
County System Date Restrictions Additional Actions
Comments
AIKEN Aiken, City of - Dept. of Public Works 06/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
AIKEN Salley, Town of 11/14/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
AIKEN Valley Public Service Authority 11/15/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
AIKEN Wagener, Town of 12/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
AIKEN Scotia, Town of 11/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
AIKEN College Acres Public Works 12/31/2007 voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
AIKEN New Ellenton Commission of Public Works 11/12/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
AIKEN Talatha Rural Community Water District 09/06/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
AIKEN Monetta, Town of 08/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
AIKEN Jackson, Town of 09/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
AIKEN North Augusta, City of 11/09/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
ANDERSON Anderson Regional Joint Water System 12/18/2007 Voluntary Level 2 Will continue to follow drought ordinance
ANDERSON Anderson, City of/Electric City Utility 11/20/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
ANDERSON West Anderson Water District 12/19/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
ANDERSON Belton-Honea Path Water Authority 12/18/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
ANDERSON Starr-Iva Water & Sewer District 11/01/2007 Voluntary Will follow the actions of ACTWS
ANDERSON & PICKENS Powdersville Water District 07/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
ANDERSON Gilmer & Sons Mobile Homes Always conserved Voluntary Surface water is provided by local utility
ANDERSON Homeland Park Water & Sewer 10/21/2007 Voluntary Surface water is provided by local utility
ANDERSON & OCONEE Pioneer Rural Water District 11/09/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
ANDERSON & OCONEE Williamston, Town of 12/20/2007 Voluntary & Mandatory Voluntary for Redidential & Mandatory for Utilities
BAMBERG Govan, Town of 11/1/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
BAMBERG Olar, Town of 12/1/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
BARNWELL Blackville, Town of 9/10/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
BEAUFORT Beaufort Jasper Water & Sewer Authority on going Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
BEAUFORT Green Acres Mobile Home Park 1/2007 Voluntary
BEAUFORT Taylor's Mobile Home Estates 1/1/2008 Mandatory
BEAUFORT Dixies Rentals/Many M's Voluntary
BEAUFORT Wells East Homeowners Association 9/15/2007 Voluntary
BEAUFORT Beaufort Mobile Home Park 10/06/2007 Voluntary
BEAUFORT Haig Point Utility Company 10/01/2007 Voluntary
BEAUFORT May River Plantation Water System 10/31/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
BEAUFORT South Island Public Service District 7/01/2005 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
BEAUFORT Whale Branch Mobile Home Park 06/06/2007 Voluntary Will follow the actions of the county
BEAUFORT Water Oak Utility Company 06/22/2007 Voluntary Will follow the actions of the county
BERKELEY Hills Mobile Home Park 10/3/2007 Voluntary
BERKELEY C&S Community Center 1/1/2008 Voluntary
CALHOUN Calhoun County Municipal Water & Sewer 11/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
CHARLESTON Charleston Water System Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
CHARLESTON Seabrook Island Utility Commission 3/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
CHEROKEE Gaffney Board of Public Works May 2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
CHEROKEE Blacksburg, Town of June 2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
CHEROKEE Goucher Water Company 12/10/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
CHEROKEE Grassy Pond Water Company 82007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
CHESTER Chester Metropolitian District 10/15/2007 Mandatory Stage 3 Will continue to follow drought ordinance
CHESTER & FAIRFIELD Mitford Rural Water District 9/12/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
CHESTERFIELD Chesterfield County Rural Water Company 9/15/07 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
CHESTERFIELD Church of God Emanuel Early summer Voluntary Community stores water in pond for later use
CHESTERFIELD Cheraw, Town of 09/11/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
CHESTERFIELD Chesterfield, Town of Voluntary Will follow the actions of the county
CLARENDON Turbeville, Town of 10/18/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
CLARENDON Manning, City of 7/1/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
CLARENDON Manning, City of - Alcolu Wells 7/1/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
CLARENDON Chadmoss Village System 11/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
COLLETON Canaan Living Waters 12/03/2007 Voluntary Conserves water as part of their faith
COLLETON Fishing Creek POA 10/15/2007 Voluntary
COLLETON Walterboro, City of 11/19/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
DARLINGTON Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority 09/20/2007 Voluntary & Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
DARLINGTON Darlington, City of 11/30/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
DARLINGTON Hartsville, City of 06/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
DARLINGTON City Mobile Home Park 11/06/2007 Voluntary
DORCHESTER Harleyville, Town of 11/09/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
DILLON Dillon, Town of 11/15/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
EDGEFIELD Edgefield County Water & Sewer Authority May-2007 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
FAIRFIELD Mid-County Water Company 9/21/2007 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
FAIRFIELD Winnsboro, Town of 10/22/2007 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
FAIRFIELD Ridgeway, Town of Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
FLORENCE Pamplico, Town of 10/17/2007 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
FLORENCE Timmonsville, Town of 11/15/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
FLORENCE Coward, Town of 11/01/2007 Voluntary
FLORENCE Florence, Town of 11/15/2007 Voluntary
FLORENCE Scranton, Town of 11/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
FLORENCE Johnsonville, City of 11/06/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
GREENVILLE Blue Ridge Rural Water Company 09/05/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
GASTON, NC Forest Estates Mobile Home Park 06/01/2007 Voluntary
GREENVILLE The Cliffs at Glassy 05/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
GREENVILLE & SPARTANBURG Greer Commission of Public Works 10/22/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
GREENWOOD Ninety-Six CPW 09/06/2007 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
GREENWOOD Ware Shoals, Town of Voluntary
GREENWOOD Augusta Fields Utilities 09/05/2007 Voluntary
GREENWOOD Mathews Heights Water System 06/20/2007 Voluntary
GREENWOOD Greenwood Commissioners of Public Works 11/08/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
GEORGETOWN Georgetown County Water & Sewer District - Waccamaw Neck 10/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
GEORGETOWN Rural Community Water District of Georgetown County 12/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
GEORGETOWN Browns Ferry Water Company 12/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
GEORGETOWN Andrews Town of Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
HAMPTON Scotia, Town of Mandatory
HAMPTON Hampton, Town of Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
HORRY Little River Water & Sewer 06/05/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
HORRY Ocean Lakes LTD 09/12/2007 Voluntary
HORRY Grand Strand Water & Sewer Authority 07/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
HORRY Myrtle Beach, City of 11/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
HORRY Bucksport Water System 09/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
HORRY Conway, City of 11/12/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
HORRY Conway Rural System 11/12/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
JASPER Palmetto Mobile Home Park 10/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
KERSHAW Lugoff Elgin Water Authority 08/31/2007 Mandatory
KERSHAW Camden, City of 11/8/2007 Mandatory - Stage 3
KERSHAW Bethune Rural Water Company 8/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
LANCASTER Lancaster, City of 10/10/2007 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
LANCASTER Lancaster County Water & Sewer District 10/12/2007 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
LANCASTER Heath Springs, Town of 08/31/2007 Mandatory Will follow the actions of the county
LANCASTER Catawba River Water Treatment Plant 6/08/2007 Mandatory - Stage 3 Will continue to follow drought ordinance
LANCASTER Kershaw, Town of 08/30/2007 Mandatory Will follow the actions of the county
LAURENS Clinton, City of 8/22/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
LAURENS Sunset Pointe SD 11/5/2007 Voluntary
LAURENS Laurens County Water & Sewer Commission 08/24/2007 Voluntary just City of Clinton Will continue to follow drought ordinance
LAURENS Ranch Road Water 01/01/2008 Voluntary
LAURENS Sunset Pointe 11/05/2007 Voluntary
LEE Bishopville, City of 09/18/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
LEXINGTON Cayce, City of 10/11/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
LEXINGTON Rapha Residential Care 7/01/2007 Voluntary
LEXINGTON Shady Acres Water Company Voluntary
LEXINGTON Jackson Mobile Home Park 12/2007 Voluntary
LEXINGTON Hidden Acres Mobile Home Park 9/1/2007 Mandatory
LEXINGTON Lake Lodge Apartments 6/6/2007 Voluntary
LEXINGTON Dowd Water System 12006 Voluntary
LEXINGTON Gilbert-Summitt Rural Water District 8/8/07 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
LEXINGTON Hermitage Mobile Home Park 07/01/2007 Mandatory
LEXINGTON Hide-A-Way Mobile Home Park 10/31/2005 Voluntary
LEXINGTON Hillview Mobile Home Park 09/06/2007 Voluntary
LEXINGTON Hidden Oaks Mobile Home Park 11/12/2007 Voluntary
LEXINGTON Jakes Landing LLC Voluntary Will continue to monitor levels
LEXINGTON Chapin, Town of - Amick's Ferry Water System 10/30/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
LEXINGTON Pleasant Ridge Mobile Home Park 12/01/2007 Voluntary
LEXINGTON/SALUDA Batesburg-Leesville, Town of 8/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
LEXINGTON/SALUDA Glendale Estates 12/5/2007 Voluntary
MARLBORO Wallace Water Company 09/06/2006 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
MCCORMICK McCormick County Water Authority 10/25/2007 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
MCCORMICK McCormick County Public Water 10/23/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
OCONEE Turtle Sewer District 10/01/2007 Voluntary Will follow the actions of the county
OCONEE Seneca Light & Water 10/2007 Voluntary
OCONEE Walhalla, Town of 09/10/2007 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
OCONEE Turtlehead Sewer District 09/06/2007 Voluntary Will follow the actions of the county
OCONEE Isaquenna Point Utility System Sep-2007 Voluntary Will follow the actions of the county
OCONEE Cherokee Creek Boys School 11/01/2007 Voluntary
OCONEE Salem, Town of - Water System 10/11/2007 Voluntary & Mandatory Voluntary for Redidential & Mandatory for Utilities
ORANGEBURG Silver Springs Water District 9/07/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
ORANGEBURG North, Town of 10/31/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
ORANGEBURG Eutawville, Town of 11/12/2007 Voluntary
PICKENS Pickens, City of 10/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
PICKENS Clemson, City of 10/04/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
PICKENS Bethlehem Roanoke Water District and Dacusville Cedar Rock Water Company 10/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
PICKENS Waterhead LLC - Gauley Falls & The Rock Water Voluntary
RICHLAND Bay Capital Waterworks Summer 2007 Voluntary Private System
RICHLAND Cedar Creek Mobile Home Park 7/2007 Mandatory
RICHLAND Palmetto Park Mobile Home Park 2004 Mandatory Part of lease agreement
RICHLAND Bel-Aire & McDonald Mobile Home Park 07/01/2007 Voluntary
RICHLAND/LEXINGTON Columbia, City of Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
SALUDA Ridge Spring, Town of 10/15/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
SPARTANBURG Inman-Campobello Water District 11/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
SPARTANBURG Inman Mills Water District 11/06/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
SPARTANBURG Spartex Utility System 11/06/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
SPARTANBURG Metropolitan Sub District B Water and Sewer 12/10/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
SPARTANBURG Spartex Jackson Wellford Duncan Water District 11/06/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
SPARTANBURG Woodruff-Roebuck Water District 11/29/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
SUMTER Wedgefield Stateburg Water District 9/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
SUMTER American Mobile Home Plaza 9/15/2007 Mandatory
UNION Union, Ciy of - Water Filter Plant 09/06/2007 Voluntary Voluntary
UNION Rocky Creek Water Company 09/05/2007 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
UNION Lockhart, Town of 9/06/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
UNION Santuck Hebron Water Company 10/31/2007 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
UNION Browns Creek Water Company 9/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
UNION Meansville - Riley Water Co., Inc. 06/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
WILLIAMSBURG Williamsburg County Water & Sewer Authority 10/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
WILLIAMSBURG Stuckey, Town of 11/01/2007 Voluntary
YORK Chucks Mobile Home Park Jul-2007 Mandatory Will follow the actions of the county
YORK Mountian View Community 8/10/2007 Mandatory
YORK Fort Mill, Town of 11/12/2007 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
YORK Willwood Sewer District 10/20/2007 Voluntary
YORK Tega Cay Ulitity Department 8/2007 Mandatory - Stage 3 Will continue to follow drought ordinance
YORK Pinetuck Utilities 8/2007 Mandatory
YORK York County East Water District 08/17/2007 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
YORK York County West Water District 08/18/2007 Mandatory Will continue to follow drought ordinance
YORK Good's Mobile Home Park 09/05/2007 Mandatory Will follow the actions of the county
YORK Clover, Town of 10/05/2007 Mandatory - Stage 3 Went to Mandatory Stage 2 Sep.5
YORK Barney Rhett Sewer District Mandatory Will follow the actions of the City of Rock Hill
YORK Tage Cay Water Service Inc. Mandatory Will follow the actions of the City of Rock Hill
YORK Hickory Grove, Town of 06/06/2007 Mandatory Will follow the actions of the City of Rock Hill
YORK Rock Hill, City of 08/17/2007 Mandatory - Stage 3
YORK York, City of 9/01/2007 Voluntary Will continue to follow drought ordinance
YORK Fern Forest Mobile Home Park 09/10/2007 Mandatory
YORK King's Court Water System 6/01/2007 Voluntary Will follow the actions of the county
YORK Lost Colony Subdivision 6/20/2007 Voluntary Will follow the actions of the county
YORK Lake Wylie Community Utilities 11/01/2007 Mandatory
YORK Lambert Mobile Home Park 7/15/2007 Voluntary
YORK Duncan Mobile Home Park Mandatory Part of lease agreement
YORK Whitley Road Mobile Home Park 8/17/2007 Mandatory Followed actions of Town of FOrt Mill