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Join us this Saturday between 12-4PM by Colonial Lake for our Second Annual Great Oyster Point Runoff. Between a relay race on Colonial Lake, public paddling, gear demos, workshops, local oysters, food trucks, and live music, we’re certain there’ll be a bit of something for everyone! Visit oysterpoint.org for more... Read More

On this election day, we can’t help but reflect on our rights as citizens. One of the most fundamental freedoms we hold dear at Charleston Waterkeeper is our right to clean water. For the past few weeks, as part of GIVE 444, we’ve featured photos urging the protection of our... Read More

This past Thursday marked the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. We’re celebrating the act’s big 4-0 by highlighting the ways we use our local waterways and our shared responsibility for protecting those uses.  We’ll also be featuring some of the work we do, utilizing the Clean Water Act’s... Read More

Last week, we celebrated the passing of a piece of legislation that served as a transformative turning point in our nation’s history. October 18, 2012 marked the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, an important reminder of how far we’ve come in protecting Charleston’s waterways, but also of how... Read More

The Big Back Log Tony Bartelme’s article in today’s Post and Courier titled “Big permit backlog at DHEC raises questions” highlights the existence of zombie permits and a deficiency in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) here in South Carolina. NPDES was created by the Clean Water Act in... Read More

Yesterday was a big day for us here at Charleston Waterkeeper!  We officially kicked off a pilot study for our Water Quality Monitoring Program. The project will regularly monitor bacteria levels in the Harbor and local tidal creeks and publish the results for you. Projects like this take a lot... Read More