Greenville Water

Greenville Water Nationally recognized public water utility serving 750,000+ residents across Upstate South Carolina Quality Water. Sustainable Future.

How can you tell if a waterway is healthy? Sometimes, the answer is in the tiny creatures living there.We recently partn...
10/01/2026

How can you tell if a waterway is healthy? Sometimes, the answer is in the tiny creatures living there.

We recently partnered with SC Adopt-a-Stream to host two public workshops at our downtown Greenville campus: one focused on freshwater monitoring and another on macroinvertebrates. Participants got hands-on experience learning how to monitor water quality and use the organisms living in our waterways to better understand their health.

If you’d like to get involved, Adopt-a-Stream classes are open to the public and are the pathway to certification. Once certified, you can borrow a monitoring kit from Greenville Water and put what you’ve learned into practice. Be on the lookout for future workshops!

Request a kit here: https://www.greenvillewater.com/community-outreach/adopt-a-stream-test-kit-request-form

SC Department of Environmental Services

09/30/2026

When you turn on the faucet, you probably don’t think about how far your water has traveled to reach you.

Some of its journey begins in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where mountain streams collect in our North Saluda Reservoir. From there, the water travels to our Stovall Water Treatment Plant before entering the system that serves thousands of homes, schools, and businesses across the Upstate.

We privately own and protect this reservoir and its surrounding watershed, helping keep your water pristine from the very beginning. Because we know great drinking water starts with a great source.

Since we first purchased the Table Rock and North Saluda watersheds, we’ve gone above and beyond to protect the Upstate’...
09/29/2026

Since we first purchased the Table Rock and North Saluda watersheds, we’ve gone above and beyond to protect the Upstate’s source water, and we knew we always would.

In 1992, a developer offered to purchase a portion of our watershed property, prompting a study of the potential impacts of development. The findings reinforced the importance of protecting the watershed as a whole, concluding that preserving its natural ecosystems was essential to maintaining drinking water quality and serving the long-term interests of our community.

As a result, the State of South Carolina approved a conservation easement on our watershed property in 1993 that would permanently protect our watershed land from development. Now, more than 30 years later, this easement continues to protect our source water and will do so for generations to come.

In addition to our conservation easements, both our Table Rock and North Saluda watersheds are private and closed to the public. It’s another step we take to protect the source of your drinking water.

He told us not to make a big deal about it... so we decided to make a big deal about it. Happy birthday, Kenneth!
09/28/2026

He told us not to make a big deal about it... so we decided to make a big deal about it. Happy birthday, Kenneth!

Our team members with September birthdays just joined CEO Jeff Boss for our monthly Birthday Breakfast. The group enjoye...
09/25/2026

Our team members with September birthdays just joined CEO Jeff Boss for our monthly Birthday Breakfast. The group enjoyed the opportunity to share feedback, talk about what’s working well, and offer new ideas for how Greenville Water can continue improving.

These monthly gatherings give team members from across the organization a chance to connect, share different perspectives, and help shape the way we serve our community.

Happy fall, y’all!
09/23/2026

Happy fall, y’all!

These water towers may be a familiar sight, but they also play an important role in how our water system works.Water tow...
09/21/2026

These water towers may be a familiar sight, but they also play an important role in how our water system works.

Water towers store treated drinking water and use gravity to deliver it efficiently to homes and businesses. Their elevation creates the pressure needed to keep water flowing, without relying on constant pumping. This gravity-based system reduces energy use and helps Greenville Water keep rates low.

They also provide extra capacity during emergencies, like structure fires, so firefighters have the water they need, when they need it most.

09/17/2026

We’re always monitoring water quality, even before it reaches our treatment plants. That early work helps us protect the drinking water we all depend on.

We operate two Water Treatment Plants (WTP) that serve more than 750,000 Upstate residents.The Witty Adkins WTP, located...
09/16/2026

We operate two Water Treatment Plants (WTP) that serve more than 750,000 Upstate residents.

The Witty Adkins WTP, located in Six Mile, treats water from Lake Keowee, while the L.B. Stovall WTP, located in Travelers Rest, treats water from the Table Rock and North Saluda reservoirs. Together, the facilities use advanced treatment processes and around-the-clock monitoring to provide safe, reliable drinking water that meets and exceeds all state and federal standards.

By combining protected source waters with advanced treatment and operational expertise, Greenville Water delivers water our community can trust every day.

There’s a lot a stream can tell us if we know how to listen.One way our conservation team learns about the health of the...
09/15/2026

There’s a lot a stream can tell us if we know how to listen.

One way our conservation team learns about the health of the watershed is through fish surveys. Using electroshocking, fish are temporarily stunned so they can be safely collected, counted, identified, and then released back into the stream. It’s a careful process that helps us understand more than just which fish are present.

Trout are an important indicator because they’re highly sensitive to changes in water quality. Studying where they’re found across the watershed helps us better understand the overall health of our source water and the streams that support it.

Protecting this habitat is an important part of protecting the water we all depend on. That’s why Greenville Water watershed property is not open for public access, including fishing. Our teams regularly patrol these areas, and cameras help monitor the grounds around the clock.

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407 West Broad Street
Greenville, SC
29601

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Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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