WWTA SSER Work Plan

PUBLIC NOTICE
Hamilton County Water & Wastewater Treatment Authority (WWTA)
Hamilton County, Tennessee
The Hamilton County Water & Wastewater Treatment Authority (“WWTA”) entered into a Consent Decree with the United States and the State of Tennessee in the case styled United States of America et. al. v. Hamilton County Water & Wastewater Treatment Authority, No. 1:23cv- 00225 (“CD”), which became effective on July 16, 2024. Pursuant to Section VII, Paragraph 22 of the CD, WWTA is required to submit a Sanitary Sewer Evaluation/Rehabilitation (“SSER”) Work Plan to the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”).
The purpose of this SSER Work Plan is to provide for the continual assessment, analysis, and rehabilitation of the entireWastewater Collection and Transmission System (“WCTS”). This SSER Work Plan will establish the procedures for setting priorities and expeditious schedules for undertaking the WCTS assessment and rehabilitation throughout the duration of the Consent Decree. This document will determine how WWTA will assess, analyze, and rehabilitate the WCTS infrastructure to, among other things, reduce Inflow and Infiltration (“I/I”), eliminate structural defects, and other conditions causing, or that are likely to cause, sanitary sewer overflows (“SSOs”) and/or prohibited bypasses.
The SSER Work Plan deliverable has been submitted for public comment to the Public Document Repository (PDR) located on the WWTA’s website here: https://wwta.hamiltontn.gov/178/Public-Document-Repository. Public comments must be submitted within 45 days of the date entered in the PDR. The public may use the form available in the PDR to provide comments. A physical hard copy has been delivered to the Public Document Repository at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Library as of June 13, 2025.