Richland County Councilwoman to host community meeting on Spears Creek Wastewater Discharge
September 28, 2015
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC – Richland County Councilwoman Julie-Ann Dixon of District Nine is hosting a town hall meeting to discuss a request from Palmetto Utilities to discharge 6 million gallons/day of treated wastewater into Spears Creek. The meeting will be held Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 6 p.m. at the North Springs Community Center, located at 1320 Clemson Road, Columbia, S.C.
Palmetto Utilities operates the Spears Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kershaw County that accepts waste from Richland Northeast customers. It is treated and sent into a basin designed to infiltrate wastewater into groundwater, not surface water.
Palmetto Utilities also has a permit to discharge into the Wateree River but has never built the pipeline. They are now requesting permission from Richland County Council and the Central Midlands Council of Governments to amend the 208 Water Quality Plan to allow a new discharge of 6 million gallons/day into Spears Creek just inside the county line.
The meeting will provide information on the implications of the request.
For more information, contact the Office of Richland County Council at (803) 576-2060 or email [email protected].
