Where Does The Water Go?
Discover where water goes after you flush in the Greater Nashville area, exploring the sewage system, current models, future updates, and ways citizens can stay informed and involved.
May 3, Harpeth Conservancy Announces Leadership Expansion
September 7, Trace Creek Settlement
October 4, Harpeth Conservancy almost doubles proceeds from 20th Annual River Swing fundraising event
November 10, Harpeth Conservancy’s 2023 River Steward Award recipients announced
January 5, 2023, The Tennessean: How one rural county is fighting to save a pristine creek from pollution as Middle Tennessee grows
January 31, 2023, Williamson Herald: Numerous volunteers help clean up Little Harpeth River on behalf of Brentwood Rotary
February 2, 2023, nFocus Magazine: Best Parties 2022
April 20, 2023, Nashville Scene: The Green Issue 2023 – TDEC Referees Waste Treatment in Dickson County
April 26, 2023, Wilson County Source: Harpeth Conservancy President and Founding CEO Dorie Bolze Honored for Nonprofit Organization Leadership
June 2, 2023, Kingston Springs Gazette: ‘Everyone can contribute’: State of the Harpeth River today
September 7, 2023, The Tennessean: Tennessee reaches settlement over Dickson County waterway pollution. Here’s what it means.
September 7, 2023, Fox17/WZTV Nashville: Conservation group, state department settle to tackle bacteria in Middle Tennessee river
CityCURRENT: Harpeth Conservancy to Protect TN Rivers
nFocus Magazine: River Swing Patrons Party
Williamson Herald: Annual River Swing breaks records, raises more than $375K for Harpeth Conservancy
Your Williamson: River Swing 2022
The Tennessean: How clean is Harpeth River in Middle Tennessee?
The News: Keb’ Mo’ Headlines River Swing
Williamson Herald: Darrell Waltrip celebrates 100 Hometown Heroes
December 2020 | Harpeth Conservancy President and CEO, Dorie Bolze, talked with News Channel 5 (WTVF) reporter Eric Hilt about pollutions found on the Harpeth River and other Tennessee waterways. Watch the full report here.
Discover where water goes after you flush in the Greater Nashville area, exploring the sewage system, current models, future updates, and ways citizens can stay informed and involved.
In Tennessee, we have more than 50,000 miles of winding, biodiverse rivers and streams – along with more than a half-million acres of lakes and eco-diverse
Harpeth Conservancy, along with legal and engineering experts working for Friends of the Piney, reviewed PSC’s materials submitted to the Commission the week prior. Our overarching assessment—based on decades of working with local, state, and federal agencies’ permitting requirements to protect public health and waterways—was that PSC provided insufficient details to county decisionmakers about how the development will address severe flooding and flood safety, sewage treatment, and drinking water.
The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC) is asking for public comments on a series of proposed and expanded water withdrawals (by drinking water utilities) from one of the most biodiverse rivers in the world—the Duck River—which flows through Middle Tennessee.
Wetlands play a vital role in maintaining ecological balance and supporting biodiversity, and Tennessee is no exception to the significance of these precious ecosystems.
In a significant win for clean water advocates, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) made a crucial decision over the holidays to deny
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