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The Columbia Canal is the surviving canal of a series of canals built by the State of South Carolina in 1824 using the labor of indentured Irishmen to provide direct water routes between the upstate settlements and the towns on the Fall Line. It is on the Congaree and Broad rivers in Columbia, South Carolina. It is the focal point of the ...
The canal and lake water plants serve more than 370,000 customers, making Columbia one of South Carolina’s largest drinking water suppliers. Textile plants are a major source of hazardous ...
Columbia had more than 100 boil water advisories last year, and the year before that. Charleston and Greenville had zero. Here’s why.
Columbia water bills have been slowly but steadily on the rise for a number of years, largely due to long-delayed maintenance and improvements. Here’s how much more you could be paying in the ...
Isle of Palms is located along the Atlantic Ocean, 15 miles (24 km) by road east of downtown Charleston.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Isle of Palms has a total area of 5.4 square miles (14.1 km 2), of which 4.4 square miles (11.5 km 2) is land, and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km 2) (18.40%) is water.
The Forel-Ule scale is a method to estimate the color of bodies of water. The scale provides a visual estimate of the color of a body of water, and it is used in limnology and oceanography with the aim of measuring the water's transparency and classifying its biological activity, dissolved substances, and suspended sediments.
The 2025 budget process continues for the Columbia City Council. A decision on increases to water rates, parks and recreation fees and rental conservation inspection fees were postponed from the ...
Finlay Park, at 14 acres (57,000 m 2), is the largest and most visited park in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. The park opened in 1991. Initially named Sidney Park, it was renamed after a former Columbia mayor Kirkman Finlay in 1994. In the park there was a scenic waterfall along with cascading mountain type stream falling to the park lake.