Facts about Gills Creek Watershed

• It’s South Carolina’s largest impaired urban watershed
• It contains over 70 miles of streams
• It covers over 47,000 acres of land
• The population is 140,000
• It is represented by multiple jurisdictions
• It includes parts of Columbia, Forest Acres, Fort Jackson, Arcadia Lakes, etc.
• Urbanization is causing negative impacts to water quality, including excessive sedimentation
• The headwaters start above Sesquicentennial State Park and flow into the Congaree River below Columbia
• We are all impacting the health of the watershed regardless of where you live within the watershed. This isn’t a lake homeowner’s issue... it’s the total communities responsibility.