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About Us

The Reedy River Water Quality Group has one mission. We want to protect, preserve, and improve water quality in the Reedy River. To do this, we’ve gathered local city and county agencies, utilities, homeowners groups, conservation groups, and area citizens to work together toward reducing the amount  of nutrients flowing into the river.

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A kick-off meeting was held in March 2015, and 75 people attended to learn about  the project, ask questions, discuss ideas, and join one of the committees that had their first meetings that day.  These committees will develop the plans for taking care of the river.

The Group will monitor water quality, model the river system, teach the public about pollution prevention, review successful practices, and analyze economic impact.  We will choose programs that will have the highest benefit to the community and the environment in the most cost friendly way.

What does 5(r) mean?

A lot of folks want to know what the 5 “R”s are when we talk about a 5(r) group. The first two must be Reedy and River, right? Nope! We’re not talking about five words starting with the letter “R”.  Instead, 5(r) stands for a section number in the EPA Clean Water Act (CWA). This is the section of the CWA that makes a new process that uses a “bottom-up” approach to clean our rivers and lakes.  Instead of the Government creating a regulatory plan, this process encourages local involvement and citizen action to reduce pollutants in water.  The 5(r) approach means that pollution reduction in  the Reedy River watershed is not being driven by a State-created plan.  Just the opposite:   the watershed stakeholders are creating the water quality improvement plan for the watershed.

Following this new process established by EPA and DHEC, the Reedy River Water Quality Group has become a national leader in water quality restoration by working with the public to reduce the amount of pollutants flowing into the river.

Come join us!

Watershed News

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Get Down and Dirty

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301 University Ridge,  Suite 4800
Greenville, SC 29601
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A news article shared on Facebook a few weeks back generated a lot of comments about the Reedy River and its current state. Lynn and Shelby are here to clear up some common misconceptions and to tell us about a group that’s working to improve the Reedy.

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