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Wastewater System History
Knoxville voters transferred the wastewater system to KUB from the City of Knoxville in a
1986 referendum. KUB began operating the system in 1987.
The system needed major improvements to be able to serve our growing area. KUB
focused on three major initiatives:
- Upgrading treatment plants (major upgrades completed in the early 1990s)
- Eliminating combined storm sewer and sanitary sewer (completed 1998)
- Inspecting, rehabilitating, and upgrading the collection system (ongoing)
From the time it acquired the wastewater system in 1987 until it launched the PACE 10
program in October 2004, KUB invested more than $140 million in improvements to the system.
For the several years just before PACE 10, KUB was spending $1 million a month on
improvements. With PACE 10's accelerated improvement schedule, KUB now spends $1 million a
week on wastewater system improvements.
In the next ten years, we expect to spend $530 million on wastewater system improvements
to meet regulatory requirements:
| Original Budget |
$147 million |
| Phase I Improvements |
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| Up to 30 million gallons storage |
$115 million |
| Improve 200 miles of pipe |
$100 million |
Maintain treatment plants and pump
stations |
$88 million |
| Collector lines |
$25 million |
| Phase II Improvements |
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Scope to be determined. Phase I covers
known SSOs identified in 2001 and 2002;
Phase II will cover any additional SSOs
identified after 2002. |
$55 million |
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| Total |
$530 million |
Wastewater Facts
- 64,000 customers
- $18.58 average monthly residential bill
- 108-square-mile service area
- 57 pump stations
- 30,000 manholes
- 1249 miles of pipes
- 62 million gallons daily treatment capacity
- 46.5 million gallons average daily treatment (dry weather)
| If you have additional feedback, please contact us as follows: |
| E-mail your comments: |
PACE10@kub.org |
| Mail: |
KUB
Attn: PACE 10 - Mailstop GS03
P.O. Box 59017
Knoxville, TN 37950-9017 |
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