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Finding Money (2012), Sharon Rollins

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This guide provides an overview of various financing programs available to Tennessee's local governments for water, wastewater, solid waste, and other project needs.

Local Government Public Works Standards And Specifications, John Chlarson, Sharon Rollins

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This document was developed to provide Tennessee cities with guidelines for construction projects. It includes guidelines for construction standards, materials specifications, design criteria, and contract documents to be used for streets, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, and water distribution systems.

Utility Manual (2012), Bill Young, Steve Wyatt

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The purpose of this manual is to provide cities with a better understanding of funding water and sewer utility operations.

How Any City Can Conduct A Utility Rate Study And Successfully Increase Rates (2012), Sharon Rollins, Bill Young

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A guide to conduct utility rate studies and successfully implement rate increases.

Finding Money For Municipal Water, Wastewater And Solid Waste Projects In Tennessee (2011), Sharon Rollins

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This guide provides an overview of various financing programs available to Tennessee's local governments for water, wastewater, solid waste, and other project needs.

Utility Manual (2011), Bill Young, Steve Wyatt

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The purpose of this manual is to provide cities with a better understanding of funding water and sewer utility operations.

Technical Bulletins: Non-Metered Water Usage (2011), Al Major

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Recent changes in state law have mandated that all city-owned water systems that experience water loss must measure and account for it by predetermined categories.

Water And Wastewater Management (2011), Steve Wyatt, Brett Ward, Al Major, Bill Young

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The purpose of this manual is to provide a resource for both new and experienced water board members and municipal officials who have little or no formal training for the job.

Water And Wastewater Management (2009), Steve Wyatt, Brett Ward, Bill Young

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The purpose of this manual is to provide a resource for both new and experienced water board members and municipal officials who have little or no formal training for the job.

Finding Money For Municipal Water, Wastewater And Solid Waste Projects In Tennessee (2010), Sharon Rollins

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This guide provides an overview of various financing programs available to Tennessee's local governments for water, wastewater, solid waste, and other project needs.

Hot Topic: Legislation Shortens Time To Correct Negative Changes In Net Assets For Water And Wastewater Facilities, Dick Phebus

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MTAS recommends that municipal management and finance officials should carefully review the operations of their water and wastewater systems to ensure compliance with the new requirements of the act.

Water And Wastewater Management (2008), Steve Wyatt, Brett Ward

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The purpose of this manual is to provide a resource for both new and experienced water board members and municipal officials who have little or no formal training for the job.

Finding Money For Municipal Water, Wastewater And Solid Waste Projects In Tennessee (2008), Sharon Rollins

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This guide provides an overview of various financing programs available to Tennessee's local governments for water, wastewater, solid waste, and other project needs.

Local Government Public Works Standards And Specifications (2007), John Chlarson

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This document was developed to provide Tennessee cities with guidelines for construction projects. It includes guidelines for construction standards, materials specifications, design criteria, and contract documents to be used for streets, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, and water distribution systems.

Hot Topic: Reminder Of Stage 2 Disinfectants And Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Steve Wyatt

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The rule applies to any community or nontransient, noncommunity water system that adds or delivers water that is treated with a primary or residual disinfectant other than ultraviolet light.

Finding Money For Municipal Water, Wastewater, And Solid Waste Projects In Tennessee, Sharon Rollins

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This guide provides an overview of various financing programs available to Tennessee's local governments for water, wastewater, solid waste, and other project needs.

Hot Topic: New State Requirement To Report Unaccounted-For Water, Steve Wyatt

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On May 24, 2007, Governor Phil Bredesen approved House Bill 743, which addresses unaccounted-for water.

Utility Manual (2006), Bill Young

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The purpose of this manual is to provide cities with a better understanding of funding water and sewer utility operations.

Water And Wastewater Management: A Training Manual For Board Members, Steve Wyatt, Brett Ward, Bill Young

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The purpose of this manual is to provide a resource for both new and experienced water board members and municipal officials who have little or no formal training for the job.

Finding Money For Municipal Water, Wastewater, And Solid Waste Projects In Tennessee, Sharon Rollins

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This guide provides an overview of various financing programs available to Tennessee's local governments for water, wastewater, solid waste, and other project needs.

Municipal Utility Rate Survey (Murts) (2003), Bill Young

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MURTS is a survey of rates charged by municipal utilities in 2003.

Hot Topic: Public Health, Security And Bioterrorism Preparedness & Response Act Of 2002, Steve Wyatt

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This bill requires most water systems to conduct an assessment of vulnerability and to prepare an emergency response plan.

Finding Money For Municipal Water, Wastewater, And Solid Waste Projects In Tennessee, Sharon Rollins

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This guide provides an overview of various financing programs available to Tennessee's local governments for water, wastewater, solid waste, and other project needs.

Utility Manual, Bill Young

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The purpose of this manual is to provide cities with a better understanding of funding water and sewer utility operations.

Water & Wastewater Manual: A Training Manual For Board Members, Brett Ward, Steve Wyatt, Bill Young

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This manual provides a resource for new or experienced water board members or municipal officials who have little or no formal training for the job.

Hot Topic: October Deadline On New Inter-Basin Water Transfers Act, Steve Wyatt

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The Tennessee Legislature, at the request of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), created a new state law entitled the "Inter-basin Water Transfer Act." The act was designed to regulate water volumes withdrawn from one basin and transferred to another basin for consumption and disposal. It only affected new transfers or increases in existing transfers. The rule became effective Oct. 1, 2000.

Finding Money Iii For Municipal Water, Wastewater, And Solid Waste Projects In Tennessee, Sharon Rollins

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This document is an overview of various financing programs available to Tennessee's local governments for water, wastewater, solid waste, and other project needs.

Hot Topic: Community Water Systems Required To Distribute Consumer Confidence Reports, Steve Wyatt

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A recent amendment to the Safe Drinking Water Act established the requirement for community water systems (CWS) to prepare a consumer confidence report (CCR) to distribute to their customers.

Technical Bulletins: Nonpoint Sources Of Water Pollution, Sharon Rollins

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Nonpoint sources of water pollution are defined as land and air use activities that contribute to pollution of ground and/or surface water as a result of runoff, of nonpoint source pollution leachate from septic tanks seepage, or percolation. Major sources are agriculture runoff, urban runoff, and landfills, runoff from forestry and mining operations, and hydrologic modifications. Nonpoint sources of water pollution are responsible for approximately three-fourths of the water quality problems in Tennessee.

The Clean water Act of 1987 (Act) requires states to begin addressing the problem of nonpoint sources of water pollution.

Technical Bulletins: $120 Million In Rural Water And Waste Disposal Grant Funds Released, Mtas

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The information in this report was taken from City Perspectives, Vol. 6, No. 10, May 24, 1974, a biweekly federal administrative report of the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The report describes a program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, that released $120 million in rural water and waste disposal grant funds.