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The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn. Agree to Extensive Sewer System Upgrades

WASHINGTON – The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Metro), at a cost of between $300 million and $400 million, has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage and to control overflows of combined sewage and storm water under a settlement announced today by the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC).

“Today’s settlement is the result of cooperation between federal, state, and local authorities to improve public infrastructure and the environment in a meaningful way,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Ronald J. Tenpas for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. “We are confident that the remedial measures agreed upon today will provide for significant and lasting improvements to water quality throughout the region.”

“The United States takes violations of the Clean Water Act very seriously, and will enforce the law to ensure that the residents of the Nashville area and this District will have the clean water they expect and deserve,” said Ed Yarbrough, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. “While this case was resolved through cooperative efforts, it nonetheless should send an unmistakable message that those who endanger our waterways will be held accountable.”

For more information, contact:

Andrew Cherry
U.S. EPA
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (2243A)
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 564-2589
cherry.andrew@epa.gov

 

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