Water Plant
The GWC water treatment plant is a 16 MGD facility that has been providing water to Greeneville and Greene County for over 100 years. There is a 32 MG reservoir at the water treatment plant that assures a water supply for our customers for 2-3 days if there is an unforeseen problem at the river intake facility.
The GWC water treatment plant has won several awards including “Best Tasting Water in Upper East Tennessee” two times in the last ten years. David Ricker, Chief Water Plant Operator has also won “Operator of the Year” for excellence in water operations.
We are currently constructing an additional intake facility that will insure redundancy for our customers. The current average water production is 9 MGD and this is served to 10,000 customers.
Wastewater Plant
The GWC operates a wastewater treatment plant located off of the Old Asheville Hwy and discharges to the Nolichucky River.
The original plant was constructed in 1984 and was upgraded and expanded in 2010 by addition of a one million gallon aerobic digester. The wastewater treatment plant is of the “oxidation ditch” type of process, with a design capacity of 14 MGD. Discharge is to the Nolichucky River at mile 47.5.
The plant is designed to treat an average flow of 7 MGD. It has been at its current location for over 30 years.
Distribution and Collection Maintenance
Our Maintenance Shop is responsible for the distribution of water and the collection of sewer in our water and sewer system. In addition to repairing water and sewer lines, we pave, do yard work, order, maintain compliance with TDEC regulations, check grease traps, apply root treatment, and jet and camera sewer mains.
Our maintenance shop has been awarded the Excellence in Distribution operations by the American Water Works Association. The staff make sure that water and sewer runs efficiently throughout our system.
Quick Facts
32 MILLION
Water Plant Reservoir Capacity
in gallons
16 MILLION
Water Treatment Plant Capacity
in gallons per day
16 MILLION
Water System Transmission Capacity
in gallons per day
7.75 MILLION
Average Daily Consumption
in gallons per day
9,416
Number of Water Customers
6,622
Number of Sewer Customers
2.7 MILLION
Average Sewer Flow
in gallons per day
7 MILLION
Wastewater Treatment Plant Capacity
in gallons per day
$5.6 MILLION
Annual Operating Revenue Budget
FYE 2003
49
Number of Employees
