Mandatory Water Restrictions in Upstate SC District

An Upstate South Carolina water district has issued mandatory water restrictions in response to the continued severe drought conditions.

The SJWD Water District in western Spartanburg County has banned all outdoor water usage. Fines of up to $500 per infraction could be issued to citizens who are convicted of watering their lawns, flowers, and shrubbery, washing their vehicles, or filling up their swimming pools.

Lyman Lake, the district's reservoir, has reached dangerously low levels in recent days.

The water restrictions issued by SJWD include the Spartanburg County towns of Startex, Jackson Mill, Welford, Duncan, Lyman, and Greer.

Clemson has already enacted mandatory water restrictions in response to dangerously low levels in Lake Hartwell.

The Spartanburg Water System is considering issuing mandatory water restrictions but so far has decided to continue with voluntary compliance.

Five counties in the Upstate of South Carolina have been declared by the state to be in the worst drought conditions possible.