Watershed Stewardship
Whether you live in a big city or a small town, whether you live in the mountains or by the beach, every drop of water that you use drains either above or beneath the land on its way to a common body of water such as a river, a lake or an ocean.
The area of land that drains into that common body of water is called a watershed.
And since every single person in the country lives on a watershed, it’s important to understand how watersheds function and how our actions affect the quality of the water we all share.
To learn more about how Spartanburg Water works to protect our watershed, please read our Source Water Protection fact sheet.
Read about our cooperative efforts with the USGS to develop management strategies to reduce or prevent potential water-quality issues in our lakes and reservoirs in the USGS fact sheet.