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Each month, more than 1,000 kitchens are inspected around Nashville. Most, but not all, receive high marks. 15 worst Nashville restaurant inspections in February: sewage stink, dirty dishes
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.
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]
Richland Creek is a stream in the western part of Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. [1] It winds for 28 miles (45 km) through the Nashville suburbs of Belle Meade and Forest Hills [2] and eventually flows into the Cumberland River near Rock Harbor Marina at the end of Robertson Avenue. [3]
The Harrington water treatment plant, one of two in the city, flooded and the other was spared by mere feet; on Monday, May 3 residents were ordered to restrict water use, a situation that lasted for about a month. [20] The Dry Creek wastewater treatment plant in Madison was flooded with some equipment areas under more than 40 ft of water.
(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 National Water Quality Inventory Report to Congress is a general report on water quality, providing overall information about the number of miles of streams and rivers and their aggregate condition. [65] The CWA requires states to adopt standards for each of the possible designated uses that they assign to their waters.
This is a list of Superfund sites in Tennessee designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]