SC utility agrees to cooler water dumped in river after push to protect endangered fish

SC utility agrees to cooler water dumped in river after push to protect endangered fish

The Santee River, into which Santee Cooper dumps water from one of its coal-operated power generation stations. (Provided/Mac Stone, Southwings)GEORGETOWN — Santee Cooper can’t dump scalding water into a Georgetown river as part of a legal settlement with Lowcountry conservation groups. Santee Cooper will also provide $250,000 to conservation group Open Space Institute to buy land preserving habitat for federally endangered sturgeons that would …