{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-5-40","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-40","heading":"Department to establish groundwater management program; withdrawers to register sources and report use.","body":"In order to carry out the policy as stated in Section 49-5-20, the General Assembly finds that the department must establish and implement an effective statewide groundwater management program. To implement this program, all groundwater withdrawers shall register their groundwater sources with, and report their groundwater use to, the department.","path":["Title 49 - WATERS, WATER RESOURCES AND DRAINAGE","CHAPTER 5 Groundwater Use and Reporting Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t49c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:45:44Z","sha256":"41ced32a2c46775a019a0970fe283cb3ef4b55ff368492787354dfccb06c0625","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-5-30","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-5-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}