S.C. Code Regs. § 121-11.7 - Drought Information Center
A. The Office of the State Climatologist,
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, shall maintain a Drought
Information Center whenever one or more drought management areas of the State
are in a moderate, severe or extreme drought alert phase. Information about the
status of drought conditions and impacts on the economy and well-being of the
State will be collected and made available to State Agencies, State Officials,
the news media, and other concerned interests.
B. The Drought Information Center shall
routinely collect, monitor, and evaluate selected climatic, water-supply and
water-use data as necessary to identify at an early stage the onset of a
drought or potential for drought, geographic extent of the affected area and
changes in the drought levels.
C.
Drought indices shall be computed on a weekly basis. These computations will be
compared with the various similar indices computed by other State, Federal and
private agencies.
D. Monitoring
shall be accelerated whenever drought conditions approach or enter the moderate
drought stage in one or more drought management areas. This may include
acquiring additional rainfall, stream flow, water use, and ground water level
data; and collecting additional information on the impact of the drought on
agriculture, industry, domestic water supplies, and other users.
E. During periods of moderate, severe or
extreme drought, available drought related data, as appropriate, will be
provided to the Drought Information Center by the South Carolina Department of
Agriculture, South Carolina Emergency Preparedness Division, South Carolina
Forestry Commission, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control, as well as by any other State Agency that is either impacted by or has
information on drought conditions. Various Federal and local agencies may be
asked to provide drought information on a voluntary basis.
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