Groundwater Use And Reporting Act

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  2. South Carolina Code of Laws
  3. Waters, Water Resources and Drainage
  4. Groundwater Use And Reporting Act

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Section
49-5-10

Short title.

Section
49-5-20

Legislative declaration of policy.

Section
49-5-30

Definitions.

Section
49-5-40

Department to establish groundwater management program; withdrawers to register sources and report use.

Section
49-5-50

Department to monitor groundwater withdrawals; notice of construction of new well or increase in capacity of existing well; public notice.

Section
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.

Section
49-5-70

Exemptions.

Section
49-5-80

Registration of groundwater withdrawers; new wells.

Section
49-5-90

Reports of quantity of water withdrawn; methods for determining quantity.

Section
49-5-100

Permits; temporary permits; revocation; process for public participation in permitting process to be developed; contested case hearing.

Section
49-5-110

Powers of department.

Section
49-5-120

Violations of chapter or regulation; civil and criminal penalties.

Section
49-5-130

Wells not requiring pumps; restriction of flow; promulgation of regulations.

Section
49-5-140

Effect of chapter on rights of use of surface water.

Section
49-5-150

Existing capacity use areas.