Beaufort-Jasper Water Worries

SC's south coast worries about H2O

By: AP | WSAV-TV
Published: July 27, 2009

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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Officials on South Carolina's
lower coast worry if they will have enough water and wonder if
storing water in the winter for summer use may be part of the
answer.
The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports the Beaufort-Jasper
Water & Sewer Authority is studying where it will get water for the
next 50 years.
General Manager Dean Moss says the recent Southeastern drought
and population growth worry the agency which draws from the
Savannah River.
Savannah, Ga., also uses the river and there are worries that
Atlanta could also tap the river after a federal judge ruled the
city was illegally using a federal reservoir.
Moss says the authority could provide water if demand remains
the same through 2060. But growth is expected to double demand.