In order to maintain Nashville’s water and sewer systems, Metro Water Services has proposed new water and sewer rates for residential and commercial customers. The rate and fee adjustments are anticipated to be effective in January 2020 upon approval by Metro Council.
Read MoreConstruction of the Ewing Creek / Brick Church Equalization Facility, which consists of a 10.6 million gallon, pre-stressed concrete tank and an 18-million gallons per day wet weather pumping station, is complete and operational. The facility is located near Interstate 24 and Briley Parkway.
Read MoreMayor David Briley, Council Member Mary Carolyn Roberts, and officials from Metro Parks and Metro Water Services (MWS) celebrated the completion of major improvements at West Park on August 18, 2018. Enhancements to West Park, which began in 2015 as a collaborative project between Metro Parks and MWS, include new recreation amenities as well as updated wastewater system infrastructure to improve water quality in Richland Creek.
Read MoreOn January 15, 2018, Metro Water Services (MWS) participated in a meeting with residents from the redeveloping neighborhoods of Salemtown and Germantown to discuss the improvements to the nearby Central Wastewater Treatment Plant (CWWTP).
Read MoreA handful of large-scale Clean Water Nashville Overflow Abatement Program (CWNOAP) projects will be completed in late 2017 and early 2018, renewing system infrastructure and boosting Nashville's compliance with the Clean Water Act by reducing wastewater overflows into the environment.
Read MoreIn late August 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in conjunction with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), approved the Corrective Action Plan / Engineering Report for Sanitary Sewer Overflows (CAP/ER). The CAP/ER outlines Metro Water Services' plan to address sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) in Davidson County and is one of two key pillars of the Clean Water Nashville Overflow Abatement Program.
Read MoreClean Water Nashville completed numerous projects in 2015 that upgraded Metro Nashville wastewater infrastructure.
Read MoreMetro Water Services is advancing plans for a major expansion of the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant (CWWTP). The plant was originally constructed in 1958 and has been expanded several times through the years to address environmental quality standards and to meet demands of Nashville's growth.
Read MoreThe majority of Nashville's sewer system lies hidden beneath streets and buried in easements. Since it cannot be readily observed, Metro Water Services (MWS) deploys a variety of technologies to assess the system's condition.
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