Library of Documents on Sewage Issues and Treatment
- Water Quality Facts
- More Raw Sewage Flows into the Catawba
- More than 11,000 gallons spilled into Catawba basin creeks during Tuesday's (May 5) rainfall
- EPA ousts Lower Dissolved oxygen Variance for trout waters in the catawba river
- Overview of Sewage Issues
- Population growth in the Catawba-Wateree basin has created sewage dispoal challenges. While most people in the basin used to rely on septic systems, increasing population density and poor soil conditions, make septic systems problematic. Many developers install package treatment plants to handle waste from development where septic systems are not viable, but these unmanned package treatment plants generally have a poor compliance record. Nobody wants a massive public sewage treatment plant in their back yard, but they are often needed to deal with the growing quantity of waste.
- Catawba Riverkeeper Fights Sewage Permit
- Tega Cay Water Service has been exceeding its permit limits and harming Lake Wylie for more than two years. Catawba Riverkeeper has asked for a hearing on DHEC's recommendation to allow Tega Cay Water Service to continue to pollute.
- CRF Challenge TCWS Permits
- Catawba Riverkeeper challenges the issuance of discharge permits to Tega Cay Water Service based on a history of non-compliance.
- CRF Presentation to DHEC Board
- Presentation given to SCDHEC Board by Catawba Riverkeeper regarding TCWS's non-compliance with total phosphorus discharges and sanitary sewage overflows into Lake Wylie.
- Septic System Diagram
- Septic System Diagram
