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275:. Its source is in west Nashville and consists of the confluence of at least eight streams. One is near Tyne Boulevard at Fredericksburg Drive and mostly follows Tyne northwest toward Belle Meade Boulevard. There it is joined by a Chickering Branch arising near Chickering Lane and flowing along the east side of Chickering Road. After crossing under Belle Meade Boulevard, Richland Creek is joined by its Belle Meade Branch (which flows roughly parallel to Harding Place west of Hillsboro Road) then winds through the golf course of Belle Meade Country Club.
395:. This includes two above-ground tanks large enough to temporarily hold 31 million gallons of liquid when sewer flow exceeds the capacity of the treatment plant. The tanks, called "equalization facilities", hold the sewage until the stormwater recedes, then send the sewage to the treatment plant at an optimal processing rate. The project is aided by a wet-weather pump that can handle 45 million gallons per day. The West Park Project was dedicated by Mayor
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Richland Creek because of chronic sewer issues– it is on The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) 303(d) "List of Impaired Waterbodies". The U.S. Congress mandated that all states develop a
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Consent Decree between the US Government, the State of Tennessee, and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County was entered with the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. It was filed on behalf of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the
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Richland Creek prompted an independent scientific study by a group of several university professors called "The Nashville Committee for Scientific Information". The study found that Richland Creek was being polluted not only by private industries but also by the
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Cumberland River near the mouth of Richland Creek. This was believed to be from pollution by the discharging of poisonous dyestuffs into Richland Creek by factories nearby. In 1946, the city of Nashville commissioned an engineering report which found
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Harding Road (Highway 70 South) near the intersection of Belle Meade Boulevard. It merges with Sugartree Creek (which roughly follows Woodmont Boulevard) near the intersection of Harding Road and White Bridge Road. From this point, Richland Creek meanders behind
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Assessment Program in the "1966 Safe Drinking Water Act". Tennessee's program was approved by the EPA in 1999. The state produces a document every two years on the status of water quality, known as the 305(b) Report.
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Watershed, Nashville, Tennessee showing suburban cities Belle Meade and Forest Hills. Top right: Davidson County outline with Nashville in center. Green insert is the watershed, about 4 miles west of
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802:"Protection of Potable Water Supplies in Tennessee Watersheds: 2017 Report"
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