Tennessee legislature passes bill setting new rules for failing wastewater systems

By: Cassandra Stephenson

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: April 7, 2026

Words: 882

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Legislation adding regulations for private wastewater systems is headed to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk, despite multiple lawmakers’ failed attempts to exempt their counties from the bill.

Sen. Mark Pody, a Lebanon Republican, brought the bill after faulty decentralized wastewater systems in Wilson County allowed pools of polluted wastewater to form near residential homes.

Decentralized systems are often installed in rural areas that lack existing sewer infrastructure. This includes drip dispersal systems, which filter sewage …

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