River Reading Room
On this page, we offer for your reading pleasure and edification public documents and reports about, relating to or impacting the Congaree, Lower Broad, and Lower Saluda Rivers. Check back periodically as we add to this reading room.
Congaree River
- An Assessment of the Congaree River Sub-Basin (NRCS 2010)
- Report of the Congaree Navigation Study Committee of the S.C. General Assembly (1961)
- Congaree River Blue Trail Map
- Rocky Branch Watershed Initiative Grant Proposal (Richland County et al. 2003)
Lower Broad River
- Broad River Aquatic Resources Inventory (SCDNR 2003)
- Total Maximum Daily Loads for Fecal Coliform for Lower Broad River (EPA 2005)
- FERC Hydropower License for Columbia Canal Project (2002)
- Transfer of FERC Hydropower License for Columbia Canal Project (2002)
- Interim Agreement between City of Columbia & Lockhart Power to Operate Columbia Canal Project (2011)
- Rocky Shoals Spider Lily Enhancement and Monitoring Final Report (City of Columbia Nov. 2011)
- "River Bassin' in the Midlands" © South Carolina Wildlife magazine, 2011. Reproduced by permission of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.
Lower Saluda River
- Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Fecal Coliform: Lower Saluda River and Tributaries (SCDHEC 2004)
- Lower Saluda River Corridor Plan (SCWRC et al. 1990)
- Environmental Assessment for New Saluda Project Hydropower License (2010)
- Sewer Service Areas in the Lower Saluda Watershed (2011)
- Saluda Riverwalk Master Plan (River Alliance)
- "Catching a Breather" © South Carolina Wildlife magazine, 2012. Reproduced by permission of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.
Midlands Region
- Research Report, 208 Water Quality Management Plan (Central Midlands Council of Governments 2009)
- 208 Water Quality Plan for the Central Midlands Region (Central Midlands Council of Governments 1997)
- Recommended Development Principles for Richland County, SC (2009)
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Issued to the City of Columbia to Discharge Stormwater into Waters of the State (Issued 2010)
- Fish Consumption Advisory Map (SCDHEC 2011)
General
- South Carolina Residents' Attitudes & Behaviors Toward Aquatic Resources (SCDNR 2002)
- Energy Demands on Water Resources (U.S. DOE 2006)
- Citizen's Guide to Clean Water (SCDHEC & PCF, undated)
- South Carolina Water Plan (2nd Ed. SCDNR 2004)
- Water Watch Field Guide to South Carolina's Streams, Lakes and Wetlands (Governor's Division on Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources 1988)
- Stream Conservation: Protecting Your Streams: Choices for Conservation (SCDNR 2008)
- Energy-Water Nexus: Amount of Energy Needed to Supply, Use, and Treat Water (GAO 2011)
- Wastewater Overflow Reports (SCDHEC)
- South Carolina Water Use Report (SCDHEC 2009)
- Freshwater Use by United States Power Plants: Electricity's Thirst for a Precious Resource (Energy & Water in a Warming World Initiative Nov. 2011)
- Rooftops to Rivers: Green Strategies for Controlling Stormwater and Combined Sewer Overflows (NRDC 2006)
- Urban Stormwater Management in the United States (National Academies Press 2008)
- Fats, Oils, and Grease Flyer in English and Spanish, part of our fight to "trash the grease." (2012)
