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TACIR approves final wastewater systems report, warns billions needed to modernize aging infrastructure
Summary
The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations approved a final report finding widespread compliance and capacity problems in wastewater systems and recommending asset management, blended funding approaches and use of federal infrastructure funds; staff noted some decentralized drip systems show 51% noncompliance.
The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations approved a final report outlining the condition, governance and financing challenges facing the state’s wastewater systems.
Miss Moffitt, a TACIR research associate who presented the report, said Tennessee has made significant investments in wastewater infrastructure but “some systems still struggle to maintain their aging equipment while meeting growing service demands,” and that utilities “will likely need to spend billions to pay for the repair, replacement,…
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