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.

BOARD MEETING AGENDA

**November 19, 2025 Board Meeting has been moved to 11:30 a.m.**

Board Meeting – November 19, 2025

AGENDA

  1. CALL TO ORDER
  2. RECOGNITION OF GUESTS
  3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  4. PUBLIC COMMENT
  5. FINANCIAL REPORT
  6. MANAGEMENT REPORT
  7. OLD BUSINESS
  8. NEW BUSINESS
    1. Amend Agreement between T.A.S.S and Town of Vonore (Sewer/Billing)
  9. ADJOURNMENT

Careers

Now Hiring

Maintenance Manager

 

Tellico Area Services System (TASS), a water and wastewater utility company located in Vonore, has a full-time Maintenance Manager job opening.   This will be a working manager position with two direct reports. Interested applicants will be required to have experience in Microsoft Office, have a high school diploma, and a clean background, and valid driver’s license.  Applicants must also be experienced in the following: electrical high/low voltage, pumps, motors, variable frequency drives (VFD), and related equipment. Experience in Plc’s is a must and experience in SCADA is a plus. Must be able to supervise direct reports, issue and prioritize work orders, and maintain a preventive maintenance (PM) program.  The successful candidate must be able and willing to work after hours and weekends, when needed, and work with and direct third-party contractors. 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 clinton@tassonline.org.  Applications are available on our website and can be picked up at our main office located on Highway 411 in Vonore.

TASS is an equal opportunity employer