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(Nov. 26, 2008, The Island Packet Online)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began Tuesday reducing the amount of water flowing into the Savannah River, a primary drinking-water source for Beaufort and Jasper counties, to conserve water in the drought-stricken Upstate.

Local and state officials say they support the reduction and that it should have happened sooner.

Dean Moss, general manager of the Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority, said lake levels are “far too low.” The reduction would save about 300 million gallons of water per day for the Upstate — nearly one month’s supply, he said.

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