WWTA Incident Response 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 and Wastewater Treatment Authority, No. 1:23cv-00225 (“CD”), which became effective on July 16, 2024. The Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority (WWTA) prepared this Incident Response Plan (IRP) as part of their Capacity, Management, Operations, and Maintenance (CMOM) Program. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”).
The purpose of this program for the WWTA is to provide adequate guidelines to improve the reliability of operations at these facilities and ensure they are operating properly to convey flows throughout the system.
The Incident Response Plan (IRP) 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.