Civil Plaintiff
$1.5M Settlement for the Gas Spill in Savannah River
BELTON, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) – A fund of $1.5 million was recently established to protect and remediate water resources in Anderson County after a 2014 pipeline spill damaged waterways that feed the Savannah River.
The fund is the result of a settlement in a Clean Water Act lawsuit brought by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Augusta-based nonprofit Savannah Riverkeeper and South Carolina-based Upstate Forever.
The suit was filed in response to a 2014 spill of least 369,000 gallons of gasoline from a Kinder Morgan pipeline in Belton.
The $1.5 million will be placed in an account at the Foothills Community Foundation and set aside for watershed protection and to raise public awareness and engagement in protecting clean water.
