When the Maytag manufacturing plant in Cleveland, Tennessee, was flooded in the spring of 2003, municipal leaders designated a flood protection project for the Woolen Mill Branch drainage basin as the City’s number one priority.  Following aggressive funding efforts led by Congressman Zach Wamp, FEMA approved a $1.66 million grant for the project, with additional funds provided by the State of Tennessee.

The City of Macedonia, Ohio is home to over 10,000 residents and scores of commercial and industrial businesses.  Steady growth has resulted in the development of over 80 percent of the City’s 9.8 square miles of land, which generates a significant  amount of storm water runoff.  The City is responsible for maintaining over 44 miles of storm sewers, over 70 regional and single-site detention basins, and several waterways.

Like most municipal services, solid waste management has come under increased regulation in recent years in an effort to prevent ground water and surface water contamination. Many of us remember the old city "dump" as a place where garbage was simply pushed into a hollow at the edge of town. Today, landfills are highly engineered systems requiring sophisticated support facilities.

For over 40 years, the First Utility District of Hawkins County has served the City of Church Hill and surrounding areas in upper east Tennessee. During that time, new service areas have been added and regulations governing treatment have become increasingly stringent. According to General Manager Allen Jones, these factors made it difficult for the District’s existing plants to be in regulatory compliance and to meet demand, especially in periods of insufficient rain.