Powerhouse Tours

Santee Cooper Generating Stations

Duration: 60 to 90 minutes

Santee Cooper introduces students to the basic process of generating electricity while touring a generating station.

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Water for the Lowcountry

Santee Cooper Regional Water Plant

Moncks Corner, S.C

Duration: 45 to 60 minutes

Students will see how water is taken from Lake Moultrie, processed and delivered to more than 150,000 Lowcountry residents. Students visit the laboratory and observe water quality testing. A presentation illustrates the process for treatment of more than 36 million gallons of water per day and shows the 15,000-square-mile watershed (the second largest east of the Mississippi) that funnels water into 225 square miles of the Santee Cooper Lakes.

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