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TN Code § 68-221-1318 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 13 - Regional Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority Act|§ 68-221-1318. Policy of Competitive Bidding — Purchasing

  The national policy in favor of competition shall ensure a policy of competitive bidding for all authorities.   An authority shall be subject to the applicable purchasing laws of the creating governmental entity, or if two (2) or more creating governmental entities form a water and wastewater treatment authority, then an authority shall be subject to the County Purchasing Law of 1983, compiled in title 5, chapter 14, part 2.
TN Code § 68-221-1319 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 13 - Regional Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority Act|§ 68-221-1319. General Assembly Approval Requirement

 No water and wastewater treatment authority created pursuant to this part after July 1, 2008, shall be located in more than one (1) county without the approval of the general assembly.
TN Code § 69-1-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-101. Navigable Waters Are Highways

 All navigable waters are public highways, including those declared navigable by special law.   Code 1858, § 1299; Shan., § 1808; Code 1932, § 3074; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-101.   Law Reviews.   Water Rights in Tennessee (Mahlon L. Townsend), 27 Tenn. L. Rev. 557.
TN Code § 69-1-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-102. Opening and Cleaning Navigable Streams

 The county legislative body is authorized to make contracts for opening or cleaning out any navigable streams within the county, and for keeping them free from obstructions.   Code 1858, § 1300 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 1); Shan., § 1809; Code 1932, § 3075; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-102.
TN Code § 69-1-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-103. Overseers Appointed for Navigable Stream Districts

 A county may lay off a navigable stream or any portion of the stream in the county into a district, and appoint overseers to the district, as in the case of public roads.   Code 1858, § 1301 (deriv. Acts 1784 (Oct.), ch. 14, § 16); Shan., § 1810; Code 1932, § 3076; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-103.
TN Code § 69-1-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-104. Working on Streams as Public Roads

 When any watercourse is laid off into districts, hands shall be apportioned, the necessary instruments furnished, and the watercourse cleared out, obstructions removed, and the stream kept in good order by the overseer, under the same regulations and penalties in regard to overseers and hands as in the case of public roads.   Code 1858, § 1302 (deriv. Acts 1784 (Oct.), ch. 14, § 16); Shan., § 1811; Code 1932, § 3077; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-104.
TN Code § 69-1-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-105. Supervisor of Water Improvements — Duties

 Every county legislative body may appoint a supervisor to visit the improvements made on the navigable streams in the county, at least once in every year, and make diligent inquiry into all offenses committed in regard to the streams, and institute proceedings against such offenses.   Code 1858, § 1303; Shan., § 1812; Code 1932, § 3078; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-105.
TN Code § 69-1-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-106. Compensation of Supervisor

 The county legislative body shall allow the supervisor a reasonable compensation for services, to be paid out of any money in the county treasury.   Code 1858, § 1304; Shan., § 1813; Code 1932, § 3079; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-106.
TN Code § 69-1-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-107. Obstructing River — Penalty

  Any person who obstructs the navigation of the main channel of any navigable river or other stream, by building mills, erecting dams or locks, in or across the same, unless authorized by law, or by any other means whatever, shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250), one half (½) to the use of the person who sues for it and the other one half (½) to the use of the state.   In addition to the civil penalty in subsection (a), such obstruction of the main channel of any navigable river or other stream is a Class C misdemeanor.    Code 1858, § 1305 (deriv. Acts 1819, ch. 63, § 4); Shan., § 1814; Code 1932, § 3080; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-107; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 69-1-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-108. Diverting Water From Main Channel

  No person, upon pretense of having a right to the flow of water through a sluice of a navigable watercourse, on which sluice such person has built a mill, shall divert the water from the main channel into the sluice, so as to obstruct or impede the navigation of the main channel.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.    Code 1858, § 1306; Shan., § 1816; Code 1932, § 3082; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-108; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 69-1-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-109. Temporary Diversion From Sluice

 The water of the sluice may be diverted into the main channel for the immediate passage of a boat for a time not exceeding one half (½) a day, so that the water is returned to the sluice in such manner as not to impair the profitable enjoyment of the mill.   Code 1858, § 1307; Shan., § 1817; Code 1932, § 3083; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-109.
TN Code § 69-1-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-110. Damages for Diversion of Stream

 Any person diverting any stream from its natural channel is liable to any party aggrieved for the damages sustained.   Code 1858, § 1308; Shan., § 1818; Code 1932, § 3084; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-110.
TN Code § 69-1-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-111. County May Permit or Remove Improvements

  The county legislative body may authorize milldams, fish traps, and other local improvements and erections in watercourses in the county, and fix the rates of toll or charge, under the limitations, restrictions, and conditions deemed proper, and remove them when the public interests require.   The application for any of these purposes shall be by petition, in writing, stating the nature and object of the proposed improvement or erection, notice of which shall be given as prescribed in the case of toll bridges, ferries, and causeways.   The county legislative body shall be satisfied that the preliminary notice has been given before acting on the application, and may then decree as the public interests seem to require.   No milldam, fish trap, bridge, or other improvement shall be allowed so as to interrupt or in any way injure or impair the navigation of any navigable watercourse of the state.    Code 1858, §§ 1309-1312 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 1); Shan., §§ 1819-1822; Code 1932, §§ 3085-3088; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 70-111 — 70-114.
TN Code § 69-1-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-112. Commissioners of Watercourses

 The county legislative body may, as often as necessary, appoint commissioners to:   Examine the watercourses in the county, to see that the local erections allowed in the watercourses are conformable to law, and that one fourth (¼) of such watercourses, including the deepest portions, are left open for the free passage of fish;   Lay off slopes of dams when necessary, determining the time they shall be left open; and   Return a plan of the stream, and the falls, dams, and other erections on the stream, when deemed necessary.    Code 1858, § 1314 (deriv. Acts 1787, ch. 15, § 1; Shan., § 1826; Code 1932, § 3090; T.C.A., (orig. ed.), § 70-115.
TN Code § 69-1-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-113. Forfeiture for Obstructing Stream

 Any person who obstructs for twenty-four (24) hours, in any way, that part of the stream directed to be left open, or fails to open slopes as the commissioners may judge necessary, forfeits twenty dollars ($20.00), one half (½) to go to the county, and the other one half (½) to any person suing for it.   Code 1858, § 1315 (deriv. Acts 1787, ch. 15, § 2); Shan., § 1827; Code 1932, § 3091; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-116.   Law Reviews.   The Movement for New Water Rights Laws in the Tennessee Valley States (Robert H. Marquis, Richard M. Freeman and Milton S. Heath, Jr.), 23 Tenn. L. Rev. 797.
TN Code § 69-1-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-114. Railroad Drawbridges — Operation

  Railroad companies in this state whose roads cross navigable watercourses in this state shall, upon signal being given by any steamboat for the opening of the draw of any railroad bridge, proceed immediately to open the draw and make ready for the passage of the boat; and as soon as the draw is open and ready, if in the nighttime, they shall hoist a large red light, not less than eight inches (8") in diameter, at least ten feet (10') above the tops of the gallows frame or gallow bitts of the draw; and they shall keep one (1) white light on each end of the draw as a signal that all is ready; and the light shall remain stationary until after the boat has passed.   Any railroad company failing so to do shall forfeit for each and every such failure the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction, one half (½) to go to the informer, and the other one half (½) to the common school fund of the state.
TN Code § 69-1-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-115. Damages Caused by Canalizing Rivers

  Counties lying contiguous to or bordering upon any navigable river or rivers that are improved and canalized by the United States government, by the construction and maintenance of locks and dams so as to render such river or rivers navigable to boats of ordinary tonnage, are empowered through their respective county legislative bodies to assume, provide for and pay any and all actual damages caused, or that may be occasioned by the construction and maintenance of such locks and dams to the contiguous land or lands.   For the payment of the respective owners of damage from overflow to their lands as authorized and provided in this section by the respective county legislative bodies of the counties in which such overflow causing the damage may exist, the respective county legislative bodies are empowered to pay such damages out of any moneys of the county not otherwise appropriated, or may levy a special tax for the damages upon the property and taxables in such county. Such damages may be assessed in the manner now authorized by law in condemnation cases of real estate.
TN Code § 69-1-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-116. Eleemosynary Institutions — Access to Water

 Orphan asylums, houses for destitute children, reformatory institutions, industrial schools, asylums for the insane, homes for confederate or federal soldiers, national homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, and all eleemosynary institutions of like class chartered or incorporated under the laws of the state of Tennessee, or of the United States congress, dependent for support upon the public, have the right to acquire, by purchase or donation, springs of water, flowing streams, and water rights of lower riparian owners; and, further, the right and power to acquire, by purchase, donation, or condemnation, the riparian rights of lower owners of land through which flows the water of springs so purchased or donated, to the flow of water from the springs, rights-of-way through the lands of intervening property owners, when necessary for the purpose of conveying water by means of pipes and conductors, and suitable site or sites for pumping stations and reservoirs, all so as to procure a sufficient supply of potable and wholesome water for such institutions.
TN Code § 69-1-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-1-117. Impairing or Obstructing Navigability of Watercourses — Permits

  Without a permit issued by the department of environment and conservation, no person shall authorize, undertake, or engage in any activity, practice, or project that has or is likely to have the effect of impairing or obstructing the navigability of any river, lake, stream or watercourse located within the state. The navigability of any river, lake, stream or watercourse shall be limited to those adjudicated and held to be navigable in the technical or legal sense pursuant to this part. Further, any river, lake, stream or watercourse subject to the Rivers and Harbors Act (33 U.S.C. § 401 et seq.), shall be exempt from the permit requirements of this section.   Consistent with state common law and statutory law on navigability, the commissioner of environment and conservation shall promulgate rules, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to establish and implement the permitting system required by subsection (a). Such rules shall establish procedures for obtaining such permits and shall delineate the circumstances, conditions, and limitations under which such permits may be issued. No permit shall be issued for any activity, practice, or project that would violate state common law or statutory law on the navigability of rivers, lakes, streams, and watercourses.   The department shall investigate each reported, suspected, or observed violation of subsection (a), as well as each reported, suspected, or observed violation of state navigability law. Whenever a violation is found to exist, the department shall undertake appropriate administrative and legal measures to cause the violation to cease.   A violation of subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor. A violation that continues into a successive day is regarded as a separate offense.
TN Code § 69-1-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 2 - Corps of Engineers Water Projects|§ 69-1-201. Immunity From Damages — Exceptions

 The state of Tennessee, its departments or agencies, or any governmental entity is hereby authorized, as required by the secretary of the army or the chief of engineers for projects for water resource development and conservation or other purposes, to agree to hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction or operation and maintenance of such projects, except for damages due to the fault or negligence of the United States or its contractors.
TN Code § 69-1-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 1 - Watercourses|Part 2 - Corps of Engineers Water Projects|§ 69-1-202. “Governmental Entity” Defined

 “Governmental entity” means any political subdivision of the state of Tennessee, including, but not limited to, any municipality, metropolitan government, county improvement district, drainage district, levee district or special district duly created and existing pursuant to the constitution and laws of Tennessee, or any instrumentality of government created by any one (1) or more of the local governmental entities named in this section or by an act of the general assembly.
TN Code § 69-3-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 3 - Water Pollution Control|Part 1 - Water Quality Control Act|§ 69-3-101. Short Title

 This part shall be known as the “Water Quality Control Act of 1977.”
TN Code § 69-3-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 3 - Water Pollution Control|Part 1 - Water Quality Control Act|§ 69-3-102. Declaration of Policy and Purpose

  Recognizing that the waters of Tennessee are the property of the state and are held in public trust for the use of the people of the state, it is declared to be the public policy of Tennessee that the people of Tennessee, as beneficiaries of this trust, have a right to unpolluted waters. In the exercise of its public trust over the waters of the state, the government of Tennessee has an obligation to take all prudent steps to secure, protect, and preserve this right.   It is further declared that the purpose of this part is to abate existing pollution of the waters of Tennessee, to reclaim polluted waters, to prevent the future pollution of the waters, and to plan for the future use of the waters so that the water resources of Tennessee might be used and enjoyed to the fullest extent consistent with the maintenance of unpolluted waters.   Moreover, an additional purpose of this part is to enable the state to qualify for full participation in the national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) established under § 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Public Law 92-500 (33 U.S.C. § 1342).   Additionally, it is intended that all procedures in this part shall be in conformity with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 69-3-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 3 - Water Pollution Control|Part 1 - Water Quality Control Act|§ 69-3-109. Complaints — Orders for Corrective Action

   Whenever the commissioner has reason to believe that a violation of any provision of this part or regulation promulgated thereunder or orders issued pursuant thereto has occurred, is occurring, or is about to occur, the commissioner may cause a written complaint to be served upon the alleged violator or violators.   The complaint shall specify the provision or provisions of this part or regulation or order alleged to be violated or about to be violated and the facts alleged to constitute a violation thereof, may order that necessary corrective action be taken within a reasonable time to be prescribed in such order, and shall inform the violators of the opportunity for a hearing before the board. Upon the request of the alleged violator or violators, the department shall promptly make available and provide access to any documents and other information that address the factual and scientific basis of the complaint.   Any such order shall become final and not subject to review unless the person or persons named in the order request by written petition a hearing before the board, as provided in § 69-3-110, no later than thirty (30) days after the date such order is served; provided, that the board may review such final order on the same grounds upon which a court of the state may review default judgments.      Whenever the commissioner, with the concurrence of the governor, finds that an emergency exists imperatively requiring immediate action to protect the public health, safety, or welfare, or the health of animals, fish, or aquatic life, or a public water supply, or recreational, commercial, industrial, agricultural, or other reasonable uses, the commissioner may, without prior notice, issue an order reciting the existence of such an emergency and requiring that such action be taken as the commissioner deems necessary to meet the emergency.   If the violator fails to respond or is unable to respond to the commissioner's order, the commissioner may take such emergency action as the commissioner deems necessary, or contract with a qualified person or persons to carry out the emergency measures. The commissioner may assess the person or persons responsible for the emergency condition for actual costs incurred by the commissioner in meeting the emergency.   Furthermore, the commissioner is empowered to establish programs and procedures to qualify the state for emergency funding from the federal government.     Except as otherwise expressly provided, any notice, complaint, order, or other instrument issued by or under authority of this part may be served on any person affected thereby personally, by the commissioner or any person designated by the commissioner, or such service may be made in accordance with Tennessee statutes authorizing service of process in civil actions. Proof of service shall be filed in the office of the commissioner.
TN Code § 69-3-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 3 - Water Pollution Control|Part 1 - Water Quality Control Act|§ 69-3-111. Appeals

 An appeal may be taken from any final order or other final determination of the board by any party, with the exception of the department. An appeal from a final order or other final determination of the board is instituted by filing a petition for review in the chancery court of Davidson County, or in the chancery court of the county in which the violation of this chapter occurred. The alleged violator shall elect in which court to file the petition for review.
TN Code § 69-3-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 3 - Water Pollution Control|Part 1 - Water Quality Control Act|§ 69-3-112. Assistance in Prosecuting Violations

 It is the duty of the district attorneys general in the various districts throughout the state or the attorney general and reporter to assist the department, upon its request, by prosecuting those persons in violation of §§ 69-3-115 — 69-3-117.