Utilities

Bell Buckle, BCUD extend water contract (01/19/11)
The water issue in Bell Buckle is still in limbo. At the Tuesday night meeting of the board of mayor and aldermen, Mayor Dennis Webb told board members he, Water Board Chair Jenny Hunt and Water Department Supervisor Ronnie Lokey had met with Bedford County Utility District...

Water woes among year's top issues (12/29/10)
Water was a problem in 2010 between Wartrace and Bell Buckle -- both in the literal and figurative senses of the word "between." The towns' water woes and a verdict in a murder trial are the next two entries on the Times-Gazette's annual countdown of the biggest news stories of 2010 as selected by a vote of staff members...

Water system divides towns it once joined (07/04/10)
Wartrace and Bell Buckle are at odds over water -- who supplies it and how much it costs. This was evident Thursday night at a special called water board hearing in Wartrace where both Wartrace Mayor Don Gallagher and Bell Buckle Mayor Dennis Webb explained their recent actions and reactions...

Bell Buckle switches to BCUD water (06/27/10)
Bell Buckle Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted Thursday night at a special called meeting to sign a contract with Bedford County Utility District, making BCUD the town's primary water source. Wartrace had been the primary supplier, and Bell Buckle will now have to seek a contract with Wartrace as a secondary supplier...

Wartrace assures Bell Buckle water will flow (05/04/10)
Wartrace Mayor Don Gallagher told the town's water board Monday night that he had received a letter from the mayor of Bell Buckle about the water supply. "Mayor (Dennis) Webb sent me a letter expressing their concerns about our ability to supply them with all the water they need," he said...

Water connection completed (03/04/10)

Wait's nearly over for Wartrace water connection (02/26/10)
It's been a long and expensive April Fool's joke for the town of Wartrace, but as of Tuesday, the end is in sight. The town issued a statement Thursday morning that the long-awaited conversion to the Tullahoma Utility Board for its new water supply will take place Tuesday...

Wartrace water move scheduled next week (02/25/10)
Weather permitting, Wartrace's long-awaited conversion to the Tullahoma Utilities Board for water should take place early next week. The project, almost two years in the making, has had its final phase postponed repeatedly this winter due to freezing or wet weather...

Wartrace water change still delayed by weather (02/09/10)
Freezing temperatures and wet weather have again delayed Wartrace's conversion to the Tullahoma Utilities Board water supply, "We have to have a couple of days over 40 degrees and dry," said Mayor Don Gallagher at the Monday night meeting of the Wartrace Board of Mayor and Aldermen. "We're looking five days out on the forecast and it doesn't look good."...

Wartrace water to flow faster if weather permits (01/31/10)
It went from a bad April Fool's joke to an expensive nightmare, but for the town of Wartrace, it's almost over. During the week of Feb. 9, the town's water system conversion should be complete, connecting it with the Tullahoma Utilities Board. Should be....

Change to Tullahoma water reset for February (01/13/10)
Holiday breaks and unexpected cold temperatures have postponed the final connection between the Wartrace and Tullahoma Utility Board water lines. "The weather really hurt us bad," said Brian Smith of the Wartrace Water Department at the Monday night meeting of the water board. "The contractors on the (Philippi Road) bypass project couldn't even get their equipment to work at all last week. One sewer pump froze."...

Planners address church, cycles, waste treatment (04/25/08)
A new church building, a motorcycle dealership and an improved treatment plant for Tyson were some of the items addressed by the Shelbyville Planning Commission Thursday. A public hearing was held concerning Shelbyville's new subdivision regulations before the commission meeting began. No one spoke about the new rules and the commission approved the regulations after that...

Pipeline, higher dam among water supply ideas (04/22/08)
Alternatives on how to avoid water shortages due to drought are to be explored at Henry Horton State Park on Thursday when the Duck River Agency Board of Directors convenes for its quarterly meeting. One of the ideas is to have a pipe to transfer water from Tims Ford Lake, which is fed by the Elk River, to the Duck River below the Normandy Lake dam to maintain river flow through Shelbyville as well as water reserves for the utility serving Tullahoma and Manchester, according to the river agency's executive director and chairman of the board.. ...

Half of Shelbyville without water for 12 hours (04/21/08)
So far, 2008 has been an eventful year for Bedford County's water utilities. About 4,500 customers -- a little more than half -- of Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewerage System were without water for 12 hours Saturday night and Sunday morning, after a water main break in a field near SPWSS headquarters...

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