A “Save Lake Greenwood” group is hosting a Q & A Public forum to discuss the danger to Lake Greenwood in the event of a collapse of the Conestee Dam on the Reedy River south of Greenville. This forum is to be held in the Greenwood Farmer’s Market on 72/221 east of Greenwood this Monday, the 13th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
Those expected to attend include a State Representative from Greenwood who is seeking to have the State fund a $48,000,000 dam just below the Conestee dam. There is great concern about the dam’s weakness since it’s construction in the late 19th century. The mud that has silted in the lake behind that dam is believed to contain dangerous chemicals released into the river in the late 1800’s.
Should the current dam break before a new dam is constructed, there is fear of negative impact to the ecology downstream and into Lake Greenwood.