Our Story
Tellico Area Services System (TASS), is a water and wastewater utility. TASS is owned by both Monroe and Loudon Counties and was officially created on December 3, 1970 by a joint agreement between the two counties. The purpose was to provide a modern water and wastewater treatment system to its citizens. TASS is governed by the Water and Wastewater Finance Board in Nashville, TN.
Our current system consists of a 7 million gallon per day Water Treatment Plant and a 2 million gallon per day Wastewater Treatment Plant. We have 259 miles of water lines and 52 miles of wastewater lines. Our system has the capability to service our customers through our 9 water pumping stations and 18 sewer lift stations. Throughout our system, we have 7 water tanks that have a combined total storage of 8.4 million gallons. TASS provides water to over 5,000 residential, 336 commercial, 36 industrial, and 5 wholesale customers. We have 3 wholesale wastewater customers and over 500 residential wastewater customers. Our 5 wholesale customers make up over 60% of our water production, servicing a combined total of over 14,100 customers.
Our Location
505 Clearview Road
Maryville, TN 37801