Pressure washing costs in Greenville

Greenville Water says it has never had to ask for mandatory water restrictions. Two of its reservoirs are Table Rock and North Saluda, and the utility owns both watersheds outright and keeps the public out of them. The page says some stretches have brought less rain than usual, and that saving water now helps head off mandatory rules later.

Where your rinse water ends up is the county's business. Greenville County's stormwater ordinance makes it unlawful to let anything but authorized storm or surface water run, drain or seep into the county's storm system or the waters of the state. Even the flows the county does allow can't erode soil or a stream bank, or send sediment into a stream.

The county's property owner's guide adds the neighborly part. Don't divert water from your lot onto someone else's. If water or mud is coming at you from a single-family home next door, the county says that's for the two owners to settle. And if a creek runs through or beside your yard, state law makes keeping it clear of debris your job.

Accidents have a deadline. If a pollutant gets into the county's storm system by accident, the ordinance says the person responsible must tell the Land Development Division what it was, how much and when, as soon as possible and within 24 hours, and take immediate steps to contain it.