Congaree River
West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles said, via a Facebook post, the Congaree River, at the Riverwalk Amphitheater, was at its highest point, Monday morning around 9:30. The water level was just over a foot lower than it was during the Flood of 2015. “This is likely the highest the river will get. It’s about 14” […]
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The Congaree River at Columbia is projected to crest at 31 ft sometime Monday (major flood stage, just a bit below the crest from Oct. 2015) according to the Congaree Riverkeeper. At this level there is expected to be flooding in Cayce’s Riverland Park neighborhood, areas along the Broad River, and significant flooding in the […]
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The risk of flooding is high in Lexington County as Tropical Storm Debby comes through and likely stays for the next three days. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be likely Tuesday with rain from the storm moving into Lexington County through the day. Rain will become widespread and heavy at times Tuesday night through Wednesday. […]
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West Columbia’s Riverwalk is a great destination to observe nature, history, and the structures placed beside the Congaree River because of its importance to the ecosystem. Riverwalk sits at the confluence of the Saluda and Broad Rivers, that forms the Congaree, at the magnificent Gervais Street Bridge. The 1,415-foot-long concrete bridge opened in 1927. It […]
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BY LIZ MCCARY, VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING | SOUTH CAROLINA – Ryan McCue, ALC of Colliers – South Carolina brokered the sale of a 4.75-acre parcel of land at 680 Candi Lane in Columbia, across the river from where the West Columbia Pedestrian Bridge will be built. The site is to be developed into a […]
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Dominion Energy held a celebration, Monday, upon the completion of the $20 million Tar Removal Project on the Congaree River. The clean-up was conducted between the Gervais Street Bridge and the Blossom Street Bridge. In addition to removing decades-old coal tar from the bottom of the river, munitions from The Civil War were unearthed. The […]
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The job of removing tar from the bottom of the Congaree River has been completed. The tar washed up in the river from an old oil lamp company that later became SCE&G. It’s now owned by Dominion Energy. Click here for link to tar removal report from SC DHEC The process to remove tar-like material […]
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A record number of river tubers came to West Columbia for two months this summer. “We broke a record for tubing trips on the river this summer,” said Michael Mayo, owner of Palmetto Outdoor. “We had the best numbers for July ever and we also broke the record for the number of tubers in August.” […]
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