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* The lake has been closed for swimming since 2003. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism indicates the main reason was low attendance and few life guards. Fishing, canoeing and kayaking still occur, but DHEC is advising anglers not to eat large-mouth bass, and to only eat black crappie and chain pickerel from the lake once a month.
** DHEC advises against eating more than one meal a week of large-mouth bass. SOURCE: S.C.
Department of Health and Environmental Control
As opposed to a project here and a project there, it would be a total approach, said Ben Boozer, a Clemson planner who will facilitate meetings for public input on the watershed, beginning in April.
It could take decades to implement a restoration plan, said Andy Miller, a DHEC watershed manager.
The plan might address such issues as green space, improved water flow and tighter construction regulations.
Contamination primarily has caused excessive levels of bacteria or low oxygen levels, prompting the state Department of Health and Environmental Control to issue yearly advisories against eating fish from some of the lakes and waterways that are part of the watershed.
And, DHEC last year fined Richland County more than $800,000 among the largest fines in the past decade for not setting up ways to prevent and monitor pollution in the storm-water management program.
Since then, the county has completed a $2 million inventory of the system, including pipes, manholes and inlets.
Controlling storm-water contamination is important because polluted runoff is the greatest routine threat to water quality in many communities.
DHEC s Miller said, despite continued growth along the Gills Creek system particularly around places like Northeast Richland some contamination levels have improved since 1994, when Miller first began a study of the watershed.
I think it shows that perhaps the awareness is there, he said.
But we still need to make the next step and work even harder toward restoration.
Elliott Powell, who helped lead the Gills Creek Watershed Association several years ago, hopes the restoration efforts will succeed.
In the lower end of the watershed, where Powell lives, near Lake Katherine, there are low water levels and accumulated debris, he said.
What starts in Northeast Richland neighborhoods, such as Woodcreek and WildeWood, eventually flows and settles into his neighborhood.
It s a potentially devastating problem that has to be addressed at some point, Powell said. The issues that have been underaddressed are just going to continue to multiply and fester.
Reach Woodson at (803) 771-8692.
Location: Midlands Technical College, 151 Powell Road, Columbia
So far, at least two recent efforts have been announced. For other details not listed here, contact the Gills Creek Task Force, Richland County administrator s office, (803) 576-2054:
Goal: Community members will be divided into brainstorming groups to devise priorities for a strategic plan for the impaired watershed.
April 10, the lake house at Clemson s Sandhill Research and Education Center, 900 Clemson Road, Northeast Richland
April 12, A.C. Flora High School, 1 Falcon Drive, Columbia
April 19, Rosewood Elementary School, 3300 Rosewood Drive, Columbia
Other details: Ben Boozer, (803) 788-5700
As part of Keep the Midlands Beautiful s Midlands Makeover, volunteers are encouraged to do projects along the Gills Creek watershed.
The deadline for cleanup events to occur is May 1. Names of groups cleaning the Gills Creek watershed will be placed in a drawing for $250. Call (803) 733-1139.
