“Our target is going to be E. coli….”

Clemson University Cooperative Extension and 12 partners have a plan to clean up the pollutants plaguing the Twelve Mile, Eighteen Mile and Golden Creek watersheds, which make up more than 53 thousand acres in the Piedmont of South Carolina.  The watercourses wind through Pickens County and a portion of Anderson County and are used by industry,  adjacent landowners and recreation enthusiasts.  One example is Eighteen Mile Creek which originates near Easley and flows southwest on highway 123 before eventually sluicing through Fant’s Grove Wilderness Area into an arm of Lake Hartwell.  “Our target is going to be E. coli, but we’re not going to close our eyes to other potential pollutants,” says Cathy Reas Foster, Extension agent.