Agency Designates Third Watershed Management Center
EPA, on July 8, designated Clemson University and their partner, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), as a Center of Excellence for Watershed Management. This is only the third Center of Excellence to be designated in the Southeast Region, and the first in the state of South Carolina. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed during a ceremony at Clemson University’s campus.
Started in 2007, the EPA Region 4 Centers of Excellence for Watershed Management Program works with colleges and universities from across the Southeast to provide hands-on, practical products and services for communities to identify watershed problems and solve them. Each EPA designated Center actively seeks out watershed-based stakeholder groups and local governments that need cost effective tools for watershed scientific studies, engineering designs, and computer mapping, as well as assistance with legal issues, project management, public education, and planning. More information about priority watersheds in the Southeast is available online at: http://www.epa.gov/region4/water/watersheds/priority.html