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South Carolina State Park and Campground, Myrtle Beach, Springmaid Beach and Surfside Beach each received a one-star rating out of a possible five. The report said the beaches only met one of the criteria: posting closings and advisories online and at the beach.
And the Sun News just reported in the last day or two that MB ranked as one of the Top 10 beaches in the US according to some poll... But it was for GOLF. A crying shame that our beaches rank as the dirtiest and we receive accolades for Golf..
Yall need to stop flushing turds directly onto the ocean,
Is this true? We're heading down at the end of August and our 2.5 year old daughter has a lot of allergies and eczema. Where do they do this; i.e what beaches?
Is this true? We're heading down at the end of August and our 2.5 year old daughter has a lot of allergies and eczema. Where do they do this; i.e what beaches?
No way raw sewage is systematically being dumped straight into the ocean. Maybe some idiots are dumping their camper refuse somewhere but that is about the only thing I can think of??? But do research which swimming areas are best/cleanest. There is a big variance between areas due to run off/washes in certain areas.
Hey, OP, thanks for posting this. I'm going to pick up the link and circulate it to the editors of all of the major news outlets here (I work in PR)..... EVERYONE should be aware of this problem so that we can put pressure on our state regulators to make this a priority. I'm Pi**ed about this!
i was recently at a stormwater conference, and the folks from North Myrtle Beach were basically bragging about their "sophisticated" system of flushing untreated stormwater out into the ocean. they were proud of this.
everyone else, is doing the opposite. you let your stormwater sit in retention ponds, so plants and sunlight can break down the pollution, and you recharge the local aquifers as well. You need to utilize time, resources, and land to do this, it is not cheap, so you really need a community that has an environmentally-friendly attitude to support these programs. it is, of course, just cheaper to sent it into the ocean, untreated.
myrtle beach's water quality problems are the result of their imbalance between cheap development-friendly policy, and environmentally-friendly policy. this is a state problem, yes, but more than anything the solution is local and county-based.
i was recently at a stormwater conference, and the folks from North Myrtle Beach were basically bragging about their "sophisticated" system of flushing untreated stormwater out into the ocean. they were proud of this.
everyone else, is doing the opposite. you let your stormwater sit in retention ponds, so plants and sunlight can break down the pollution, and you recharge the local aquifers as well. You need to utilize time, resources, and land to do this, it is not cheap, so you really need a community that has an environmentally-friendly attitude to support these programs. it is, of course, just cheaper to sent it into the ocean, untreated.
myrtle beach's water quality problems are the result of their imbalance between cheap development-friendly policy, and environmentally-friendly policy. this is a state problem, yes, but more than anything the solution is local and county-based.
I tried to give you rep points, le roi, but I was not allowed. This is exactly the type of information that we need to get circulated. Many in this state could give a rat's a&& about our environment but once they realize that, much like the Gulf Coast has seen, we will immediately reap the consequences of less tourism, lower property values, fewer jobs and less tax revenue once the information about the pitiful state of our coast starts to circulate to the masses....... Once the flow of money stops, people will suddenly care a whole lot! Before the Florida coast even saw drop one of oil, they began to suffer tremendous econmic fall out.
Heck, you can see the stormwater drains all over the place. Can't believe it's even legal to dump it into the ocean like that.
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