State regards Keowee water quality as excellent

“Lake Keowee is in the highest water classification (i.e. ‘excellent’) under South Carolina DHEC’s classification system.” That’s a finding in the order from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission  approving Duke Energy’s request to allow Walhalla to build and operate a raw water intake at the lake. That’s important to all Walhalla water customers, as once the eventual switch is made there’s to be a new source of water. The city’s drinking water will have been water treated from Lake Keowee, in place of the existing source, the Coneross Creek, according to Scott Parris, city utilities director.