A 2023 update of the 2017 City of Folly Beach Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan. It includes recent climate data, as well as new infrastructure and drainage projects and policy updates.
Flooding
Coastal Heritage – The Way Water Behaves: Rain Gardens and Native Plants
Curbing flooding, encouraging native species, and reducing stormwater runoff through native-plant landscaping and the understanding of how water moves. By mimicking local ecosystems, green spaces attract native wildlife while also mitigating flood risks.
Coastal Heritage – Rising Tide: Will Climate Change Drown Coastal Wetlands?
Rising sea level is forcing some salt marshes to migrate inland, exposing communities to more flooding. This process will almost certainly accelerate because of climate change.
Coastal Heritage – Water Cities: Can We Climate-Proof the Coast?
U.S. coastal cities could learn from the Dutch who say, “When building or rebuilding, always think about water.”
Coastal Heritage – Communities Under Water: Lessons Learned from Extreme Floods
Inundations in 2015 and 2016 drove home the message that building coastal resilience is critical and requires changes.
Coastal Heritage – Stormwater Ponds: The Coast Re-Plumbed
The expansion of engineered ponds as stormwater control devices has changed the way water moves across the coastal landscape, and the effects are still being sorted out.
Town of Edisto Beach Flooding and Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment
The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium (SCSGC), Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments (CISA), and College of Charleston’s Lowcountry Hazards Center (LCHC) assessed Edisto Beach’s vulnerability to flooding and sea level rise using a variety of methods.
Flood Vulnerability Assessment: City of Beaufort, S.C.
A report by a team from S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments on the history and science of rising sea levels and potential flood mitigation strategies was prepared for the City of Beaufort and presented at a public meeting in January, 2020.
Susceptibility of Public Health Impacts from Flooded Water, Wastewater and Public Health Infrastructure
A method and guidance for assessing the resilience of public water and wastewater systems to flooding as well as the access to health care facilities to improve the health outcomes of communities when faced with tropical storms, increased tidal flooding, and extreme rain events.
Inside Sea Grant Newsletter – Summer 2011
This newsletter includes: The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium received high marks from a national review team. SECOORA spun off the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium as an independent non-profit for ocean observation. A climate adaptation initiative lead to the creation of flood and sea-level rise maps for Charleston, S.C. Researchers looked into the causes of hypoxic events in Long Bay off the coast of Myrtle Beach. Researchers studied the survival rates of horseshoe crabs after bleeding for medical purposes. A brochure on low impact development was released, as well as a web portal showing South Carolina LID projects.