The J.L. Schwartz South Strand Regional WastewaterTreatment Plant (Schwartz Plant) is located in the Burgess Community and serves from the Coastal Carolina University /Carolina Forest / Socastee area along Highways 501 and 544 eastward to the beachfront areas of Surfside Beach / Garden City and southward to the Georgetown County Line including the Garden City Point.

This plant is permitted to treat up to 14.35 million gallons of wastewater per day and discharge treated effluent to either the Intracoastal Waterway / Waccamaw River near the Georgetown County line, onto the land at Grand Strand Water & Sewer Authority’s 1,600 acre Tip Top Tree Farm, onto three privately owned golf courses, or onto the land at one of our three turf farm sites. The Schwartz Plant employs several treatment processes to reach the required levels of discharge needed to protect the area’s water resources.

The treated bio-solids byproducts of the treatment processes are pumped to the nearby 200 acre High Tech Turf Farm and land applied to Bermuda turf. The plant is scheduled to be upgraded to a 19.35 million gallon per day capacity in 2007.