Kidneys And Urinary System

Sewer tests up in smoke (08/24/11)
Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewerage System has begun the process of smoke testing sewer lines -- a normal and necessary process, but one which can sometimes result in the alarming sight of smoke rising from homes in your neighborhood. "It can be a scary thing," said Bill Morrow of SPWSS...

Power fails on hot night (07/19/11)
A major overnight power outage affected most of Bedford County early this morning. Just after 1 a.m. one of two feeder transmission lines at Tennessee Valley Authority's substation in Wartrace went out, affecting all of Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewerage System's 9,500 customers, according to general manager David Crowell...

Sludge makes major impact on Wartrace sewage system (02/08/11)
The town of Wartrace, which recently got a $1 million dollar Tennessee Municipal League loan to help cover expenses in renewing and rehabilitating its water system, may soon be facing another hefty bill -- rehabilitating its sewer treatment system as well...

Council reaches agreement on sewer plant work (12/10/10)
Work can begin soon on Shelbyville's new waste water facility now that the City Council has executed an agreement with the power system. Construction on the $18 million sewer plant was halted before it even began after concerns were raised about workers excavating part of the same underground storm water flume system that collapsed last year...

Waste plant kickoff awaits final approval (12/03/10)
Work on the city's new waste water facility could get underway soon after Shelbyville's city council signs off on an agreement with the power system. The $18 million sewer plant project was halted before it even began after concerns were raised about workers excavating part of the same underground storm water flume system that collapsed last year...

City given $450K for sewer work (10/21/10)
A Community Development Block Grant of $450,000 has been approved to help with the rehabilitation of the city's sewer system. The awarding of the grant was announced Wednesday afternoon by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development...

City power will handle garbage fee (08/25/10)
In an unanimous vote, Shelbyville's power board voted to collect an $11 monthly trash pickup fee for the city. The matter now goes back to the city council as an ordinance that will go through three readings and a public hearing before it is enacted...

City, utility system to sue firm involved in flume collapse (07/09/10)
Following an attorney client meeting Thursday, the city council voted to join with Shelbyville's utility to take legal action against a Chattanooga company deemed responsible for damage to the city's underground flume system in 2009. The council voted to approve an agreement that the city and Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewerage System will jointly pursue a claim against Mayse Construction Company, the contractor that had uncovered the area where the damage occurred...

City must change attorneys in lawsuit (03/07/10)
A potential conflict of interest will require Shelbyville's city council to secure an attorney to collect damages from the city's utility for the repair of the city's underground storm water flume last year. Since last year, council members have spoken about getting reimbursement from Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewer for the cost of the collapsed underground flume following the release last July of an engineer's report that identified the cause of its failure, with fingers pointed at work done by a contractor employed by the utility.. ...

County schools earn Cs and Ds (11/04/09)
Tennessee Department of Education released the annual report cards Tuesday for schools, school systems and the state as a whole, although state officials say a recalibration of the guidelines makes it impossible to compare this year's letter grades with previous years. The letter grades apply to schools with students in fourth through eighth grades and are meant to describe the success of a school or school system in providing value added....

'I just want to have a normal life,' says teen on dialysis (03/22/08)
Shana Mosavi is like any 17-year-old girl. She loves to talk on the phone with her friends, dreams of going to college and would love to get married and have a family one day. But unlike most teenage girls, Shana was born with a rare physical disorder, Vater Syndrome -- and doctors didn't expect her to live beyond age 5...

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