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As part of the citys long-term efforts to prevent sewage overflows under an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, Chattanooga will move forward with a $46 million project that will include adding 5 million gallons of storage to its wastewater system.

A local wastewater treatment plant could soon be a source of renewable energy.

At the monthly meeting of the Industrial Development Board, the City of Chattanooga unveiled plans to install a waste-to-energy system that will convert the city’s wastewater into a renewable energy source ...

Chattanooga is proposing to turn wastewater into renewable energy at its Moccasin Bend Environmental Campus in a project slated to cost up to $150 million.

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In January 2016, then-Mayor Andy Berke signed Chattanooga up for a national Better Buildings challenge and pledged to cut the citys energy use by at least 20% over the next decade.

Chattanooga is approximately half way through its $1.1 billion, 17-year commitment under the consent decree, and the construction of the new equalization station marks a significant milestone in the city’s

This afternoon the City of Chattanooga announced that the wet weather equalization station is successfully preventing wastewater and sewage from entering the Tennessee River after heavy rain events.