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.
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Saturday, August 02, 2008
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Severe Water Shortages in the Southeast
The northwestern South Carolina town of Clemson, home of the famous ACC football team The Clemson Tigers, became the first municipality in South Carolina to enact a mandatory water restriction policy at its town council meeting last evening.
Clemson police will begin writing $50 fines for infringements such as watering the lawn, washing the car, hosing off sidewalks and driveways, and watering plants, flowers, and shrubs.
The mandatory restrictions were implemented as a result of the U.S. Weather Service's designation of 5 upstate South Carolina counties as under extreme drought conditions.
At the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, for example, rainfall totals for the year thus far are down by 10 inches.
Lakes, rivers, streams, and reservoirs in the area are not only feeling the brunt of the drought, but they are showing it. Clemson, for example, is a lake town, and each day residents can see with their own eyes how severe the drought has become by simply looking at lake levels.
The U.S. Weather Service reports that the only thing to provide longterm relief for the Southeast at this point is a mild tropical system stemming from a hurricane or tropical storm.
While the area has experienced rain on a daily basis since last Thursday from afternoon and evening thunderstorms, these storms have not provided sufficient rainfall to make a dint in the drought.
Clemson police will begin writing $50 fines for infringements such as watering the lawn, washing the car, hosing off sidewalks and driveways, and watering plants, flowers, and shrubs.
The mandatory restrictions were implemented as a result of the U.S. Weather Service's designation of 5 upstate South Carolina counties as under extreme drought conditions.
At the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, for example, rainfall totals for the year thus far are down by 10 inches.
Lakes, rivers, streams, and reservoirs in the area are not only feeling the brunt of the drought, but they are showing it. Clemson, for example, is a lake town, and each day residents can see with their own eyes how severe the drought has become by simply looking at lake levels.
The U.S. Weather Service reports that the only thing to provide longterm relief for the Southeast at this point is a mild tropical system stemming from a hurricane or tropical storm.
While the area has experienced rain on a daily basis since last Thursday from afternoon and evening thunderstorms, these storms have not provided sufficient rainfall to make a dint in the drought.
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