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Lake Watery association urges Kershaw County funding to treat toxic algae affecting drinking water intake areas

3539330 · April 9, 2025
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Summary

A Lake Watery Association member told Kershaw County Council volunteers recently surveyed the lake and found extensive cyanobacteria (limnobia) growth near the city water intake and asked the county for funding to begin treatment and control efforts.

Christine Dennis, a member of the Lake Watery Association and the Kershaw County Clean Commission, told the county council on April 8 that a toxic cyanobacteria (identified in the transcript as limbia/microcystis-like) threatens water quality, fish and recreational use at Lake Watery and asked the county for financial help to start treatment.

Dennis said the lake is a drinking-water source for "14,000 people who live in Camden, Lugoff, and Elgin area," and described recent volunteer…

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