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Beaufort County roundup: BJWSA meeting, board sessions and Water Festival headlines
Summary
Beaufort County news roundup: the Beaufort Jasper Water and Sewer Authority meets at 9 a.m.; the county's Solid Waste and Zoning boards have scheduled meetings; Crystal Lake will host a nature program and the 70th Water Festival returns with events through the weekend.
Beaufort Jasper Water and Sewer Authority officials will meet at 9 a.m. today in the Executive Boardroom of the BJWSA administration building at 6 Snake Road in Okeechee, Kyla Williams said on the county news broadcast.
The meeting packet is available online; Williams noted BJWSA board members are recommended by the Beaufort and Jasper County legislative delegations and appointed by the governor of South Carolina.
Also on today's calendar, the county's Solid Waste and Recycling Board is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. in the county council chambers to discuss goal-setting and an accommodations-tax update, and the Zoning Board of Appeals will convene at 5 p.m. with an item on reconsideration of a variance decision from the June 25, 2026 meeting. Public comment at the Zoning Board meeting will be limited to three minutes per speaker, Williams said.
Williams also promoted several community events: Beaufort County Land Preservation will host "Critters at Crystal Lake," a one-hour, hands-on program introducing local reptiles and amphibians from 2 to 3 p.m. at Crystal Lake Park, which she said covers about 25 acres of upland and wetland habitat with a man-made pond. Williams said water activities are prohibited at that park but leashed dogs are welcome; amenities include restrooms, picnic tables, a fishing pier and a boardwalk.
The broadcast previewed the 70th annual Water Festival at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park, which will offer daytime arts-and-crafts markets and evening entertainment. Programming includes a low-country supper, a Friday meet-and-greet with visiting pilots at Beaufort Executive Airport and the popular bedrace and Rock in the River concert (evening events are 18 and over).
Agenda packets and press releases are posted on the county's website; Williams said many meetings will be shown in full on BCTV and simulcast on the county YouTube channel.
"From all of us at BCTV, we thank you for watching," Williams said as the program closed.
