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Water is the basis of life.

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We need it for our public health and
well-being.

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We need it for growth,
irrigation,

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and for recreation.

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In Tennessee, we are blessed with good
and adequate water resources. With good

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management of our water resources,
we have enough to accommodate growth.

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 However, all the water in the 
world is

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not enough,
if that water is polluted.

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That leads us to the problem.
A major source of water pollution in our

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state is caused by improperly treated

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municipal wastewater.
Discharge from old, overloaded,

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inefficient sewage treatment plants
stresses the delicate ecological balance

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in our streams and lakes.

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Worn-out sewer pipes allow sewage to
leak from the pipes into the ground-

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water table and allow inflow of surface
water and groundwater into the pipes

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during wet weather.
The result is surcharging manholes and

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bypassing of raw sewage into state
waters.

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Failing septic tank drain field systems
threaten groundwater in many areas of

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the state.
State law permits blasting in bedrock

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for drain field installation.
Realizing the importance of protecting

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our valuable resource, water, the previous
governmental administration formed a

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select committee on clean water.
One of the committee's recommendations

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which resulted in successful legislation
was the Wastewater Act of Nineteen-

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Eighty-Four.
This program, like its federal

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counterpart administered by EPA,
established a grant program to aid

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cities in correcting water pollution
problems.

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However, the Tennessee General Assembly
realized a need for something more,

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thus the legislation provided that the
Tennessee Department of Health and

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Environment may contract with the
University of Tennessee Municipal

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Technical Advisory Service to provide
technical assistance for the cities

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vying for grant dollars.
In July 1984, the Tennessee Department of

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Health and Environment contracted with
UT MTAS to provide this assistance.

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The MTAS contract was for a maximum of
three-hundred-thousand dollars of the

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total fourteen million dollar grant
program.

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MTAS staffed up for this new endeavor by
carefully selecting a project manager

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with extensive city government, public
works, and utility management experience.

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Consultants with experience in
consulting engineering, city engineering,

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regulatory work, financial management,
planning, and administration were hired.

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How do MTAS consultants impact the
solution of water quality problems?

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In two ways.
We are a catalyst to aid in the flow of

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dollars from the TDH&E to city hall,
and we offer ideas, recommendations,

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management know-how, and training to
affect solutions.

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One of the most important jobs MTAS
performs is to aid communication flow

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between all parties necessary to correct
a pollution situation.

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Parties often involved include city hall,
sewage treatment plant staff,

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the consulting engineer, TDH&E,
funding agencies, and perhaps other

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interested parties.
The steps involved in getting from an

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outdated poorly performing sewage
treatment plant to a new efficient one

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are many.
The first step,

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selecting the appropriate engineering
consultant, can be the most important

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step of the entire process.
MTAS will not select the consultant for

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the city but will demonstrate how to
solicit and evaluate proposals,

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then we will help the city work out a
fair and comprehensive contract for

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professional services.
In the planning step,

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MTAS' roles are to provide an objective
third-party view and give input to the

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best solution to the city sewage
treatment needs.

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We serve on a state peer-review board
along with regulators, city officials, and

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engineers to evaluate planning documents
to assure communities the best solution

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at the lowest cost.
Solving pollution problems and meeting

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sewage disposal needs costs big bucks.
Cities must locate sources of funding.

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Often funding from several sources is
tied together to build a sewage

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treatment facility.
MTAS wastewater consultants help here.

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We maintain up-to-date information on
sources of grants, the application

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procedures, and contact points within
various governmental agencies.

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Comprehensive financial analysis,
including rate studies performed by MTAS

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consultants using state-of-the-art
computer technology, help cities gauge

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the impact of the new project on the
average citizen sewer bill.

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During project construction, MTAS
consultants assist in records and

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financial management.
We help cities prepare for audit checks.

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One of our work plan objectives is to
assist in resolution of project

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conflicts and changes.
We locate professionals and sponsor

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workshops on claims resolution.
Another area often requiring our

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services is helping in inter-municipal
agreements where two or more cities

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share the same sewage treatment facility.

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As the project nears completion, we help
the city get records in order for the

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administrative closeout,
and to prepare the city for operation,

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maintenance, and management of the new
facility.

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This may take the form of workshops in
enterprise accounting,

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sewer line rehabilitation.
It may take the form of one-on-one

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discussion on such topics as long-term
utility system planning,

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organizational structure,
development of sewer use ordinances,

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and evaluating pay and classification
systems.

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After the plant goes online, MTAS
consultants experienced in operation may

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be called upon to assist TDH&E staff in
troubleshooting problems in the field,

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or to research solutions to operational
problems.

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Information transfer to cities to
regulators to engineers is a large part

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of MTAS's business.
We do this by our monthly Tech Trends

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newsletter which runs articles of
interest to the wastewater industry,

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and by making available the MTAS
library's large collection of wastewater

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publications.
In addition to our direct work with

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cities, MTAS wastewater consultants carry
the city's needs and questions back to 

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TDH&E.
These messages often result in

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committees being formed to iron out
issues.

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Representing cities, MTAS consultants
provide valuable input to these

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assignments.
One such assignment recently resulted in

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the Tennessee General Assembly providing
legislation for a revolving fund loan

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program to finance wastewater facility
construction.

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So what?
What has been the result of all this

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effort by MTAS wastewater consultants?
When the wastewater group was formed in

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1984, there were 252 publicly owned
sewage treatment plants in Tennessee.

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Eighty-seven of those plants were not in
compliance with the state's discharge

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permit.
Since 1984, 32 new projects initiated

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operation.
In 1986, 58 total grants were made

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primarily to those systems with
commissioner's orders for non-compliance.

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Some systems received more than one
grant.

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MTAS wastewater consultants worked in
135 cities in 1985,

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and in 187 cities in 1986 to help make
this progress possible.

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Thanks to good management on TDH&E's 
part and the aggressive stance on

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enforcement,
Tennessee considerably outpaced two

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other states in the same EPA region in
total volume of grant money awarded in

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1986.
The real "so what?" of this situation is

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evident by the well-operated, efficient
sewage treatment facilities,

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and in the improvement in water quality.
MTAS is proud to be a part of this

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effort, but we are not content to be
satisfied with these accomplishments.

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On the horizon much work remains in
finding safe disposal methods for sewage

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sludge.
Also, protecting water quality from

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non-point source pollution, such as urban
runoff, will be an enormous undertaking

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for Tennessee cities.
We expect to help them tackle this

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problem.
MTAS will continue to work with TDH&E

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and cities to enhance our state's water
quality.

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It is our responsibility as a public
service agency.

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More than that,
it is an investment in our future.

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