This regulation implements The South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting, Use, and Reporting Act, Section 49-4-10 et seq., S.C. Code of Laws, 1976, as amended. It establishes a system and rules for permitting and registering the withdrawal and use of surface water from within the state of South Carolina and those surface waters shared with adjacent states. The permitting, registration, use, and reporting requirements for the regulated surface water withdrawals are outlined in this regulation. This regulation applies to any person withdrawing surface water in excess of three million (3,000,000) gallons during any one (1) month.
S.C. Code Regs. § 61-119.A.1