Berkeley County Supervisor Dan Davis signed a joint resolution yesterday that will continue the County’s support on regional stormwater education effort by the Ashley Cooper Stormwater Education Consortium. The signing ceremony took place at Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park where representatives from 13 county and municipal governments joined to renew their commitment to educate public on stormwater impacts on a regional basis.
“Education is the key to what we do for managing stormwater,” said Mr. Davis. “People need to know what stormwater is all about. We thank all our colleagues for the support of this Consortium.” Mr. Davis accepted recognition on behalf of Berkeley County for supporting the Consortium and providing leadership in waterway protection. Berkeley County has been part of this commitment since 2008, when the regional education strategy was first adopted.
The Ashley Cooper Consortium is a regional collaboration involving Clemson University’s Carolina Clear program in partnership with communities and educators from universities, state agencies and nonprofits.
The consortium partners are:
Berkeley County Charleston County
Dorchester County City of Charleston
City of Folly Beach City of Goose Creek
City of Isle of Palms Town of James Island
Town of Lincolnville Town of Mount Pleasant
City of North Charleston Town of Sullivan’s Island
Town of Summerville
The Carolina Clear and the Ashley Cooper Consortium’s goal is to minimize polluted runoff by educating the general public, youth, and residential, commercial and government officials about how they can keep water in the state’s streams, rivers and beaches as clean as possible.
The initiative has become a national model for community-university collaboration to protect water quality.
