S.C. Code Ann. § 44-55-100: Authority granted department to carry out article.

To carry out the provisions and purposes of this article, the department may:

(1) enter into agreements, contracts, or cooperative arrangements, under the terms and conditions as it considers appropriate, with other state, federal, or interstate agencies, municipalities, educational institutions, local health departments, or other organizations or individuals;

(2) receive financial and technical assistance from the federal government and other public or private agencies;

(3) participate in related programs of the federal government, other states, interstate agencies, or other public or private agencies or organizations and collect and file such reports, surveys, inventories, data, and information which may be required by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act;

(4) establish and collect fees for collecting samples and conducting laboratory analyses as may be necessary.