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Consolidated Utility District outlines water supply needs and step-system wastewater approach as county grows
Summary
CUD presented its 2050 water demand projections, options for new supplies and its management approach to septic-tank-effluent-pumped (STEP) systems, warning the county’s current 32 MGD treatment capacity will be near peak-day demand by 2031.
The Consolidated Utility District (CUD) of Rutherford County briefed the county committee Sept. 2 on long-term water-supply planning, STEP wastewater systems and system performance in the face of rapid population growth.
Roger Goodson, general manager of CUD, told the Public Works and Planning Committee the district’s current surface-water allocation and a 32 million-gallon-per-day (MGD) treatment plant will likely be near maximum daily demand by about 2031 under the county’s 2050 growth projections. Goodson said CUD and three municipalities — Murfreesboro, Smyrna and LaVergne — have submitted a joint reallocation study request to the U.S. Army Corps of…
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