Water Plant and History

The first day of operation for the water plant was October 10, 1977. That day, 522,000 gallons of water was treated. That was an average flow of 1,933 gallons per minute. In the beginning, the water plant was running an average of 3.4 hours per day. However, some days, the plant didn’t run at all. At the time the water plant first opened, it was rated for a maximum flow of 2,400 gallons per minute. With plant upgrades over the years, TASS is now rated for a maximum flow of 4,800 gallons per minute/ 6.9 million gallons per day.

On a daily average, we are currently treating 4,752,000 gallons of water, with several days throughout the month hitting very close to capacity. Tellico Area Services System Water Treatment Facility is a Grade 4 conventional Water Treatment Plant. Our facility is manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and treats surface water from Tellico Lake. The facility’s conventional water treatment process is coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, and filtration, along with the addition of disinfection. Our water quality is monitored continuously throughout the day to ensure State and Federal regulations are met. Representative samples are collected from throughout our community and analyzed to ensure our water quality is always safe and clean. The goal of each TASS water treatment operator is to provide the safest and most pleasing water possible for each of our customers.

Water Production Info:

  • Number of gallons produced last year: 1,531,383,500
  • 5 wholesale customers make up 60% of our water production servicing a combined total of 14,100 customers.

Our Board

Tellico Area Services System Board of Commissioners meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 12:00 p.m. in the TASS Boardroom located at the main office at 505 Clearview Dr. Maryville, TN 37801. Any person wishing to address the board must contact the office by the 5th of each month in order to be placed on the agenda. Meetings are open to the public.

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Board of Commissioners of Tellico Area Services System (TASS) will have a non-voting workshop at 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, in the boardroom of the TASS Office, located at 505 Clearview Dr. Maryville, TN 37801.  The purpose of this workshop is to discuss wages.  All members of the public are invited to attend.

PUBLIC NOTICE

The regularly scheduled meeting of The Board of Commissioners of Tellico Area Services System (TASS) for January has been moved from January 15, 2025 to January 22, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. in the board room of the TASS Office, located at 505 Clearview Dr. Maryville, TN 37801.  All members of the public are invited to attend.

Careers

Distribution Department

Full-time, entry level job.  Prior distribution and excavation equipment experience is a plus, but not necessary. Interested applicants will be required to have average computer skills, high school diploma, and a clean background.  TASS offers competitive starting wages and first day benefits which include company paid employee health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance and much more.  TASS also offers short and long term disability, 100% company paid TCRS State retirement, matching 401k plan, vacation, and 12 paid holidays.  This job will be a first shift position with weekend, emergency, and on-call requirements as required. Applicants can email resumes and/or applications to shensley@tassonline.org.

TASS is an equal opportunity employer