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Resident urges Mount Pleasant to require wastewater pretreatment for incoming industry
Summary
A resident told the joint ADC/city council meeting the city holds about $160 million in water and sewer bonds and urged requiring pretreatment at new industrial facilities, with the economic development corporation helping offset costs.
Holly Parker of Cookeville told the joint ADC and city council meeting that Mount Pleasant carries about $160,000,000 in outstanding water and sewer bonds and urged officials to require industrial applicants to install wastewater pretreatment systems. "So I recommend that any new industry, part of the contract, you have pre treatment mandated," Parker said, and suggested the Economic Development Corporation help offset installation costs.
Parker said she believes some new industry sewer accounts are being coded as "residential use" rather than commercial or industrial, and warned that untreated industrial waste could shorten the lifespan of municipal sewer plants from decades to years, leading to more frequent bond issuances or degraded infrastructure. She said she condensed contract timelines into notes and offered the council flash drives for review.
The council did not respond during the public comment period, and no direction or formal action was recorded on the record in this meeting. The remark highlights a potential policy choice for council members and staff: whether to add pretreatment requirements into future development agreements or use EDC incentives toward pretreatment costs. Any change to contracting practice would require staff study and, if pursued, formal council action at a future meeting.
