Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority

[1] The Authority was created under the provisions of Act 784 by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1954 to provide services to Beaufort County.

Since 2008, BJWSA also provides water and service to the military installations located in northern Beaufort County.

[2] In 2009, BJWSA assumed ownership of the former Port Royal Railroad right-of-way in northern Beaufort County.

The railway was decommissioned and removed in order to allow BJWSA to use the right-of-way for future utility routing and to create the Spanish Moss Trail.

The major fresh-water source for BJWSA is the Savannah River, approximately eight miles north of downtown Hardeeville.