Smart Facts for Cayce

• A 2001 legal analysis prepared for Richland County on Green Diamond’s levees informed leadership there how extensive and unavoidable the financial liability issue will be for any government sponsoring levees.
• Levee construction and repair tends to run $500–$5000 per linear foot nationally. 30,000 linear feet of levees are needed for just section one of Green Diamond.
• In 2006, City of Columbia leadership rejected Columbia Venture’s artificial wetlands after learning it would cost $75 million.
• Columbia Venture is currently suing Richland County for millions of dollars over its first failed Green Diamond effort.