Unified Interior Regions
South Carolina
We conduct impartial, multi- and interdisciplinary research and monitoring on a large range of natural-resource issues that impact the quality of life of citizens and landscapes of the Southeastern United States and the Caribbean region.
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Update for the South Carolina Atlantic Coastal Plain Groundwater Availability Model
Groundwater use from the Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifers in South Carolina has increased during the past 70 years as the population has increased along with demands for municipal, industrial, and agricultural water needs. While South Carolina works to increase development of water supplies in response to the rapid population growth, the State is facing a number of unanswered questions...
Development of a Guidance Manual for Assessing Scour Using the South Carolina Bridge-Scour Envelope Curves
The primary objective of this project is to develop an integrated procedure for assessing scour potential at riverine bridges in South Carolina utilizing the regional bridge-scour envelope curves developed in the three previous field investigations.
Determination of Changes in Water Quality, Streambed Sediment, and Benthic Macroinvertebrates as a Result of Stormwater Runoff from Selected Bridges in South Carolina
Past stormwater monitoring has indicated that bridge deck runoff has relatively high concentrations of a variety of constituents such as nutrients, solids, pesticides, trace metals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The objective of this investigation is to quantify the downstream changes in receiving water-quality conditions during periods of observable stormwater runoff from...
Flood Frequency Information
Reliable estimates of the magnitude and frequency of floods are essential for such things as the design of transportation and water-conveyance structures, flood insurance studies, and flood-plain management. Flood-frequency estimates are particularly important in densely populated urban areas. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is using a multistate approach to update methods for determining...
Investigation of Flow Patterns, Water-Quantity and Water-Quality Conditions in the Bushy Park Reservoir, Charleston, South Carolina
The U.S. Geological Survey South Atlantic Water Science Center, South Carolina office, in cooperation with Charleston Water System (CWS), is evaluating the hydrodynamics of the Bushy Park Reservoir to determine the effects on water-quality conditions.
Phytoremediation of PAH-Contaminated Groundwater: Contaminant Remediation and Hydrologic Control
A priority issue for the USGS is to contribute to understanding the processes associated with waste isolation and remediation of contaminated environments. This a research involves developing new methods for acquiring water resources information, including methods of data collection and analysis, and producing new understanding that describes or explains processes important to water-related...
Collection and Interpretation of Near Real-Time Surface-Water Quality and Flow Data at Selected Sites in the Waccamaw and Pee Dee River Basins Horry County, South Carolina
This proposed investigation aims to increase the frequency of surface-water quality data collection and initiate stream-flow data collection near existing DHEC ambient sites in Horry County. State-of-the-art water-quality and flow sensors that can collect and report water quality and stream-flow data in near real-time will be installed at 3 sites that are currently on the 303(d) list for SC in...
Development and Application of a Groundwater Flow and Management Model and Assessment of Groundwater Contamination, Chesterfield County Region, South Carolina
The objective of the investigation was to develop and apply a groundwater flow and groundwater management model that can be used to better manage the groundwater resources in the Chesterfield County, S.C. area. Objectives of these better management practices would be to help assure sustainability of the groundwater resources in the area. A groundwater-flow model was developed for the Coastal...
Application of Phreatophytes to Remediate Contaminated Groundwater Before Discharge to Protected Surface-Water Systems
State environmental agencies are charged with the protection of groundwater and surface-water systems from water-quality degradation. Although the point-source discharge of wastes to surface waters is allowed up to permitted levels, contaminant releases from non-point sources, such as the discharge of contaminated groundwater, is not regulated. A common cause of groundwater contamination is...
Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Charleston Aquifer near Mount Pleasant, SC – an Update
The objective of the investigation is to use an existing, updated groundwater-flow model of the South Carolina Coastal Plain aquifers and confining units in the Mount Pleasant area created by Petkewich and Campbell to simulate current groundwater conditions and to include current planning goals developed by the Mount Pleasant Waterworks. The scope of the groundwater simulations will include...
Directions to South Atlantic Water Science Center offices
The South Atlantic Water Science Centers has science and field offices in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
HDgov: Multi-agency Website for Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
HDgov is an interactive and mobile-responsive online portal to interagency, academic, and non-government resources focused on the human dimensions of natural resource management. The web portal provides easy access to tools, publications, data, and methods that help ensure that the people side of natural resources is considered throughout the entire natural resource management process. The...
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: Schools in GA & SC as of 04/16/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: Schools in GA & SC as of 04/16/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in GA & SC 04/23/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in GA & SC 04/23/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: Schools in GA & SC as of 04/23/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: Schools in GA & SC as of 04/23/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in GA & SC 03/23/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in GA & SC 03/23/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: Schools in GA & SC as of 03/23/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: Schools in GA & SC as of 03/23/2020
Rocky Creek Near Wade Hampton (021603273)
We have installed a webcam at Rocky Creek, near Wade Hampton, to allow you to view (in real time) the current river-stage conditions.
During periods of flooding, the South Atlantic Water Science Center - South Carolina will take control of the camera.
Camera is sponsored by the SC Department of Transportation
...Rocky Branch at Whaley St., Columbia (02169506)
We have installed a webcam at the Rocky Branch at Whaley St. to allow you to view, in real time, the current river-stage conditions.
During periods of flooding, the South Atlantic Water Science Center - South Carolina will take control of the camera.
Camera is sponsored by the City of Columbia. View
...TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in GA & SC 04/02/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in GA & SC 04/02/2020
Peedee River near Florence (02130810)
We have installed a webcam at the Rocky Branch at Whaley St. to allow you to view, in real time, the current river-stage conditions.
During periods of flooding, the South Atlantic Water Science Center - South Carolina will take control of the camera.
Camera is sponsored by the SC Department of Transportation.
USGS scientists have updated the hydrogeologic framework for the Floridan aquifer system that underlies Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina.
MENLO PARK, Calif.— Smartphones and other personal electronic devices could, in regions where they are in widespread use, function as early warning systems for large earthquakes according to newly reported research.
MENLO PARK, California — Los teléfonos móviles y otros dispositivos electrónicos personales podrían ayudar en las regiones donde se encuentran en uso generalizado, y pueden funcionar como sistemas de alerta para terremotos mayor según la nueva investigación científica recien publicada.
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that Interior’s Southeast Climate Science Center is awarding nearly $150,000 to its host university and other partners for research to guide managers of parks, refuges and other cultural and natural resources in planning how to help species and ecosystems adapt to climate change.
Groundwater contamination that was first detected in Chesterfield County in the early 2000s has been linked to historical agricultural land use, according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey study.
The U.S. Virgin Islands are now available for structure updates with The National Map Corps crowd-sourcing volunteers
Urban areas in the Southeastern United States will double in size by 2060 unless there are significant changes to land development, according to a new study by the Department of Interior’s Southeast Climate Science Center and North Carolina State University.
On the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released a new report showing that forests, wetlands and farms in the eastern United States naturally store 300 million tons of carbon a year (1,100 million tons of CO2 equivalent).
Want to know how elevation will benefit your state? The USGS National Geospatial Program is advancing the 3D Elevation Program, known as 3DEP, in response to the growing need for high-quality three-dimensional representations of the Nation’s natural and constructed features.
Stronger storms, rising seas, and flooding are placing hundreds of millions people at risk around the world, and big part of the solution to decrease those risks is just off shore. A new study finds that coral reefs reduce the wave energy that would otherwise impact coastlines by 97 percent.
Using a geology-based assessment method, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a mean undiscovered natural gas resource of 3.9 trillion cubic feet and a mean undiscovered natural gas liquids resource of 135 million barrels in continuous accumulations within five East Coast Mesozoic basins, according to a new USGS report.
Approximately 13 million metric tons of rare earth elements (REE) exist within known deposits in the United States, according to the first-ever nationwide estimate of these elements by the U.S. Geological Survey.