Berkeley County Water and Sanitation - BCWS

07/04/2026

Happy Fourth of July!

Reminder: The landfill & convenience centers are CLOSED today, Saturday, July 4.

07/03/2026

REMINDER: The landfill and convenience centers are open today, Friday, July 3, but closed tomorrow, Saturday, July 4.

07/03/2026

The Landfill and Convenience Centers are OPEN today, Friday, July 3.

06/30/2026

Please note: The County Landfill and Convenience Centers will be OPEN Friday, July 3 but CLOSED Saturday, July 4 in observance of the holiday.

06/12/2026

Berkeley County is reminding residents to properly dispose of damaged, defective or recalled lithium-ion batteries to mitigate the risk of fire, explosion and thermal releases at the County landfill and convenience centers.

Due to these risks, lithium-ion batteries should not be placed in household trash or recycling containers.

To properly dispose of these materials, please contact the Berkeley County Solid Waste Department at 843-719-2383 or 843-719-2386 to coordinate a drop-off time at the Oakley Road Convenience Center.

Please note—Automotive or wet-cell batteries will not be accepted.

𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐔𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐮𝐦-𝐈𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

Berkeley County is reminding residents to properly dispose of damaged, defective or recalled lithium-ion batteries to mitigate the risk of fire, explosion and thermal releases at the County landfill and convenience centers.

Due to these risks, lithium-ion batteries should not be placed in household trash or recycling containers.

To properly dispose of these materials, please contact the Berkeley County Solid Waste Department at 843-719-2383 or 843-719-2386 to coordinate a drop-off time at the Oakley Road Convenience Center, located at 606 Oakley Road in Moncks Corner.

Please note—Automotive or wet-cell batteries will not be accepted.

Berkeley County convenience centers are for Berkeley County residents only. Proof of residency is required.

Berkeley Electric Cooperative, Inc. also serves as a drop-off site for lithium-ion batteries. See more information HERE: https://www.berkeleyelectric.coop/battery-recycling

All lithium-ion batteries collected by Berkeley County and Berkeley Electric will be sent to Redwood Materials located in Berkeley County. Batteries will be recycled for electric vehicle and clean energy use.

Learn more about lithium-ion battery safety HERE: https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/energy-transition/lithium-ion-batteries

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04/10/2026

UPDATE (8:20PM): The line has been repaired and is being flushed. Samples are being collected and sent to the lab. If samples come back clear after 24 hours, impacted Berkeley County Water and Sanitation - BCWS customers will be notified.

➡️ UPDATE (8:20PM): The line has been repaired and is being flushed. Samples are being collected and sent to the lab. If samples come back clear after 24 hours, impacted Berkeley County Water and Sanitation - BCWS customers will be notified.

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A boil water advisory is in effect for approx. 4,200 BCWS customers as crews work to repair a broken water line beneath the Tail Race Canal, affecting certain Berkeley County Water and Sanitation - BCWS customers northeast of the canal in the following areas: Bonneau, St. Stephen, Shulerville/Honey Hill , Macedonia, Cainhoy, St. Stephen, Huger, and Nucor Steel.

BCWS will notify impacted customers using the contact information listed on their individual water and sewer accounts.

Repairs are expected to take about ** six hours **. Once clean water samples return, BCWS will issue another notification lifting the advisory.

Please note: There is a difference between a BOIL WATER ADVISORY and a BOIL WATER NOTICE. An advisory is simply precautionary. For information about the differences, go HERE: https://bcws.berkeleycountysc.gov/departments/water/boil-water/

04/09/2026

We appreciate your patience during this advisory.

➡️ UPDATE (8:20PM): The line has been repaired and is being flushed. Samples are being collected and sent to the lab. If samples come back clear after 24 hours, impacted Berkeley County Water and Sanitation - BCWS customers will be notified.

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A boil water advisory is in effect for approx. 4,200 BCWS customers as crews work to repair a broken water line beneath the Tail Race Canal, affecting certain Berkeley County Water and Sanitation - BCWS customers northeast of the canal in the following areas: Bonneau, St. Stephen, Shulerville/Honey Hill , Macedonia, Cainhoy, St. Stephen, Huger, and Nucor Steel.

BCWS will notify impacted customers using the contact information listed on their individual water and sewer accounts.

Repairs are expected to take about ** six hours **. Once clean water samples return, BCWS will issue another notification lifting the advisory.

Please note: There is a difference between a BOIL WATER ADVISORY and a BOIL WATER NOTICE. An advisory is simply precautionary. For information about the differences, go HERE: https://bcws.berkeleycountysc.gov/departments/water/boil-water/

03/30/2026

Community meeting happening tomorrow in St. Stephen💧

*𝐔𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭*

Berkeley County Water and Sanitation - BCWS will hold a community meeting on the Imperial Drive Water Line Project at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31 at St. Matthews Baptist Church, located at 1143 Imperial Drive in St. Stephen.

This project will extend the existing water main located on Halter Drive. It also includes the installation of six and eight inch water lines on Imperial Drive, Deer Point Drive and North Highway 52 in St. Stephen.

Construction is expected to begin April 6, 2026, with an anticipated completion date of January 2027.

03/19/2026

A boil water advisory remains in effect for the portion of Berkeley County Water and Sanitation customers impacted by Monday’s water main break. We have been notified by Santee Cooper that the first water test results have passed state safety requirements.

We are awaiting results from the second test, which is expected Friday morning. Until then, please continue to boil your water before drinking. Our Water & Sanitation team will notify customers once the advisory has been lifted.

Please note that not all Berkeley County Water and Sanitation customers are under this advisory. Those who have been impacted have been notified.

We want to thank everyone for their patience as our partners work to resolve this. We will continue to provide updates as we receive them.

03/18/2026

Berkeley County Water and Sanitation customers affected by the water main break are still under a boil water advisory. Please continue boiling any water used for drinking, cooking, brushing your teeth, or any other activities that may cause you to ingest water.

⚠️ Not every BCWS customer is impacted. These customers have been contacted directly.

The waterline that conveys water to our system has been repaired and samples were collected and sent to a lab for analysis. The testing takes 24-hours to complete. Once the test results confirm the water is safe, the boil water advisory will be lifted.

Impacted customers will receive another call once the advisory has been lifted. Find more information and tips about boil water advisories here: https://bcws.berkeleycountysc.gov/departments/water/boil-water/