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The Harpeth rises in the westernmost part of Rutherford County, Tennessee, just to the east of the community of College Grove in eastern Williamson County.The upper portion of the river has been contaminated to some extent by the operation of a lead smelting plant located near the Kirkland community that recycled used automobile batteries from the 1950s until the 1990s.
In February, the Tennessee Department of Health carried out nearly 1,800 inspections of restaurants, food trucks and other food service kitchens in Davidson County. The median score for those ...
The purpose of water quality targets is to protect or restore beneficial uses and protect human health. These targets may include state/federal numerical water quality standards or narrative standards, i.e. within the range of "natural" conditions. Establishing targets to restore beneficial uses is challenging and sometimes controversial.
The Safe Drinking Water Act requires the US EPA to set standards for drinking water quality in public water systems (entities that provide water for human consumption to at least 25 people for at least 60 days a year). [3] Enforcement of the standards is mostly carried out by state health agencies. [4]
The 2010 Tennessee floods were floods in Middle Tennessee, West Tennessee, south-central and western Kentucky and northern Mississippi areas of the United States of America as the result of torrential rains on May 1 and 2, 2010. Floods from these rains affected the area for several days afterwards, resulting in a number of deaths and widespread ...
The water bed effect has “driven independent grocers out of business,” created “food deserts,” and “spurred consolidation among food processors,” Mitchell wrote.
(The Center Square) — Beacon Center is suing the city of Nashville over stormwater capacity fees. The fee enacted by Nashville on Jan. 1, 2024, only charges residents who obtain building permits ...
The TVA established the stairway of nine dams and locks that turned the Tennessee River into a 652-mile-long river highway. Dams and reservoirs on the main stem of the river include the following (listed from the furthest upstream to the furthest downstream): Fort Loudoun Dam impounds Fort Loudoun Lake; Watts Bar Dam impounds Watts Bar Lake