South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

We promote and protect the health of the public and the environment.

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Groundwater Programs - Groundwater Quality Section

The Groundwater Quality Section works with consultants and industrial facilities to prevent groundwater contamination through the use of groundwater monitoring and to ensure that contaminated groundwater is returned to a condition that makes it a useable resource.  Specific duties include:

• Regulatory oversight for clean-up of releases at facilities permitted by the Bureau of Water and for all petroleum releases that are not from sources permitted by the Underground Storage Tank Program.
• Provide information on home heating oil tanks, groundwater monitoring of in-ground wastewater treatment systems or dedicated land application systems.
• Review of "no discharge" permits to determine if sites meet the criteria to receive effluent or biosolids.
• Regulatory oversight for Department of Defense (DOD) releases that are from sources not permitted by the Underground Storage Tank Program or the Bureau of Land and Waste Management.
• Provide monitoring well approvals for pre-buys or other environmental assessments not associated with a regulatory program.

Guidance Documents

• Groundwater Mixing Zone Application Guidance Document (PDF 36 MB)

• General Objectives and Components of Groundwater Assessments and Remedial Actions Guidance Document

• Closeout of  Wastewater Treatment Systems  (PDF 362KB)

• Underground Injection Control Permit Guidance Document (PDF 513 KB)

Forms

• SCDHEC Monitoring Well Application and Instructions

• Underground Injection Control Permit Application and Instructions

• Groundwater Monitoring Report

• Water Well Record Form - (See DHEC 1903) 

 Laws

• Pollution Control Act, Chp-1-Title 48

Regulations

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• SC Water Classifications and Standards (R.61-68)
• State Primary Drinking Water Regulations (R.61-58)
• SC Well Standards and Regulations (R.61-71) 
• SC Underground Injection Control Regulations (R.61-87)
• Land Application Regulations (R.61.9-503, R.61.9-504, R.61.9-505)
• Standards for the Permitting of Agricultural Animal Facilities (R.61-43)
• Water Pollution Control Permits (R.61-9)
• Proper Closeout of  Wastewater Treatment Facilities (R.61-82)

Links

• Underground Storage Tank Program
• Bureau of Land and Waste Management
• Bureau of Water-Drinking Water Enforcement
• Bureau of Water-Land Application Permit Program
• Bureau of Water-Groundwater Links 

• US EPA Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water
• US EPA Office of Research & Development - Subsurface Protection and Remediation Division (Ada, Oklahoma)
• US EPA Office of Research & Development - Ecosystems Research Division (Athens, Georgia)

 Contacts

B. Thomas Knight, P.G.Manager
803-898-4251

Staff Hydrogeologists:

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