Water Supply & Resiliency Projects

Hilton Head PSD is constructing a set of projects that will create water supply and resiliency for generations to come! 1. Expansion of the PSD’s Reverse Osmosis (“R.O.”) Drinking Water Treatment Facility Capacity, from 4 million gallons a day of drinking water to 6 million gallons a day. The project includes drilling an additional groundwater […]

Hilton Head PSD water system pipe inventory finds zero lead pipes

An extensive inventory of the Hilton Head Public Service District (PSD) water distribution system found no lead piping in the PSD water distribution system. The inventory was conducted over the course of several years as part of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) requirement. The PSD used extensive research and field observations to verify […]

Hilton Head PSD and BJWSA to conduct annual water main flushing program

Hilton Head Public Service District (PSD) and Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority (BJWSA) will temporarily change the drinking water treatment method and flush water lines throughout their service areas for a two-week period starting Dec. 4. The change is part of the routine maintenance program for the utilities’ water distribution systems. There will be no […]

Customers asked not to irrigate, Oct. 29 and 30

Hilton Head Public Service District (PSD), and the Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority (BJWSA), are asking customers not to run irrigation systems on October 29 and 30. The request is due to BJWSA, which provides a portion of Hilton Head Island’s drinking water, temporarily shutting down one of its water treatment plants as part of […]

Join us for the Cultivating a Carolina Yard workshop!

Clemson Extension’s Carolina Yards program is hosting a workshop next month in the PSD’s Community Room! Learn to create healthy, watershed-friendly landscapes in your own yard with this free workshop on Thursday, August 15, from 1-3 p.m. Clemson Extension’s Carolina Yards program teaches how simple and effective gardening methods can create a low-maintenance yard that […]

Hilton Head PSD Commission candidate filing notice

The Hilton Head Public Service District (PSD) Commission will have four seats up for election during the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. One seat each in PSD Voting Districts 2, 3, 4, and 6, will be up for election. Commissioners are elected to four-year terms.  The filing period begins July 15 and ends […]

Hilton Head PSD’s Hickman earns World Water Skills honors for U.S. team

Hilton Head PSD Water Quality Supervisor Sarah Hickman recently represented the United States and earned top event and medalist honors in the World Water Skills Competition at IFAT Munich (GER), the world’s leading trade fair for environmental technologies. Hickman and teammate Lindie Aragon, of Westminster, CO, represented the United States on behalf of the Water […]

Hilton Head PSD to host Clemson’s Carolina Yards, May 22

Hilton Head Public Service District (PSD) will host Clemson Extension Service’s “Carolina Yards” workshop from 1 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, in the PSD Community Room at 21 Oak Park Drive off Mathews Drive. Clemson Extension’s Carolina Yards program teaches how simple and effective gardening methods can create a low-maintenance yard that works […]

Hilton Head PSD earns 14th straight financial reporting award

Hilton Head Public Service District (PSD) has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). This is the PSD’s 14th consecutive year receiving the award. It is “the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a […]

Photographer captures Whooping Crane Pond Conservancy

Jack Alderman of Hilton Head photographed these adorable black-bellied whistling ducks photographed. These ducks were spotted by Jack in the Whooping Crane Pond Conservancy, the largest of the PSD’s recycled water wetlands. Learn more about our Recycled Water Program here.