South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-113 - Groundwater Use and Reporting › Section 61-113.B - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this
				regulation:
1. "Abandoned well" means
			 a well where the pump has been disconnected for reasons other than repair or
			 replacement and whose use has been discontinued for a period of one year, or
			 has been pronounced as abandoned by the owner or operator.
2. "Annular space" means the space between
			 the well casing and the formation or the space between the outer casing and the
			 inner casing in a well where two or more casings are used.
3. "Aquifer" means a geologic formation,
			 group of these formations, or part of a formation that contains sufficient
			 saturated permeable material to yield significant quantities of groundwater to
			 wells and springs.
4. "Aquifer
			 storage and recovery (ASR)" means a water well which allows potable water to be
			 injected into a subsurface aquifer to be recovered by pumping at a later
			 date.
5. "Artificial filter or
			 gravel-pack" means specially graded filter material that is placed in the
			 annular space to increase the effective diameter of the well and to prevent
			 fine-grained sediments from entering the well.
6. "Artificial-filter or gravel-packed well"
			 means a screened well that is constructed with artificially emplaced filter
			 material in the annular space between the well screen(s) and borehole
			 wall.
7. "Available precipitation"
			 for water use calculations means the annual average precipitation less annual
			 average evapotranspiration.
8.
			 "Bedrock" means the competent parent solid rock formation (crystalline,
			 metamorphic, limestone) underlying weathered rock, soil, and
			 sediments.
9. "Best Management
			 Plan" means a document that supports the design, installation, maintenance, and
			 management of water conveyance systems and/or water withdrawal systems (water
			 supply, commercial, industrial, agricultural, etc.), which promotes water
			 conservation, and protects water quality.
10. "Board" means the Board of the S.C.
			 Department of Health and Environmental Control.
11. "Capacity Use Area" means an area,
			 designated by the Board, where excessive groundwater withdrawal presents
			 potential adverse effects to the natural resource or poses a threat to public
			 health, safety, or economic welfare or where conditions pose a significant
			 threat to the long-term integrity of a groundwater source, including saltwater
			 intrusion.
12. "Certified Well
			 Driller" means any person duly and currently registered by the S.C. Department
			 of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to practice as a well driller in South
			 Carolina.
13. "Coastal Plain"
			 means:
a. All of Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg,
			 Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton,
			 Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper,
			 Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Orangeburg, Sumter, and Williamsburg counties;
			 and
b. Those portions of
			 Chesterfield, Edgefield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland, and Saluda counties east
			 or southeast of the fall line as identified on the best available geologic
			 map.