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Filed Under
Tennessee
Infrastructure
Isle Utilities
Networking
Ingersoll Rand
Generator/Air Compressor
Vactor Manufacturing
Jet/Vac Combination Machine
Combination Truck
Environment One Corporation
Under Pressure Systems
Grinder Pump
Sewage Grinder Technology
Vaughan Company, Inc.
Chopper Pump
Water Environment Federation (WEF)
Tennessee Association of Utility Districts (TAUD)
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First Utility District water plant operator Chris Smith replaces the backflow valve pump at the water treatment plant after the old pump failed. (Photography by Chloe Pool)
First Utility District was ready when a series of heavy downpours drenched Knoxville, Tennessee, in February 2019. Unprecedented flooding inflicted $2 million in damage to district infrastructure, yet the utility reacted much like it does any other day.
“You find out on normal...
