Take Root!

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on November 7, 2009
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We needed a strong showing of volunteer support this morning and HP residents rose to the occasion!! A BIG HUGE THANK YOU to everyone for your help planting trees!! Tatum Park looks great!!

Preston Roberts of Take Root and Jon Nessle of the Chattanooga Tree Commission deserve a very special THANK YOU! We learned so much this morning about proper planting and the overall environmental benefit of trees. It was a pleasure to have worked with them!!

Take Root will be planting additional trees on Vance, Kirby, and Holly later in the season. THANKS, TAKE ROOT!!!! We appreciate this opportunity to beautify and make Highland Park more green!

Again, THANKS TO EVERYONE who was able to help today, or who helps HP in other ways!! Neighborhood success depends on the commitment of folks like you!

When It Storms

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on September 26, 2009
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Thanks to Theresa from the Ridgedale Community Association for passing this along!!!

WHEN IT STORMS

REPORT ALL MUDDY STORM DRAINS, BUBBLING MANHOLES, BACKED UP SEWERS, TOILETS, SHOWERS, TUBS, FLOOR DRAINS, ETC.
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FIRST CALL
the City of Chattanooga (dial 311)
(425-6311 from your cell phone)

THEN CALL
THE STATE OF TENNESSEE!!
Chattanooga Environmental Field Office
540 McCallie Ave, Ste. 550 – State Office Bldg.
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: (423) 634-5745 FAX: (423) 634-6389
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What to look for and why it is important to report this:

  • Dirty storm water: If you see a muddy storm drain, it may be runoff from a construction site that does not have adequate erosion control in place. Report the dates and locations of all muddy storm water runoff so it can be investigated and addressed.
  • Storm Water and Sewer lines are supposed to stay separate. Why? Because the storm water lines run directly back out to the river without any treatment. The sewer lines MUST be treated before they are put back out into the river. The cost of treating your water comes from your tax dollars. If storm water leaks into the sewer system, it can cause backups. It also means we have to TREAT MORE WATER, which costs MORE MONEY.
  • If you have bubbling manholes, or backed up sewer drains in your house during a major storm, this means that storm water is leaking into the sewer system in your area.
  • The State of Tennessee had put a sanitary sewer moratorium in place in March of 1990, requiring that the combined sewer issues in the Highland Park Sub-Basin be cleared up by 1995.
  • The City of Chattanooga supplied enough documentation to have the moratorium lifted but was still required to address the remaining problems in a timely manner.
  • It is now 2009, a full 14 years later after the deadline, and we are still experiencing the same problems and the City of Chattanooga has not provided any resolutions to these issues. A concerted effort needs to be made by both the citizens in reporting the problem areas and the city in investigating and clearing up these problems.