Harpeth Conservancy's Science & Restoration program plans and implements projects that protect and improve water quality and ecosystem health in Tennessee rivers.
Our science research seeks to strategically study and monitor our rivers, with the help of our citizen scientists, to better understand their overall health and current and potential threats such as pollution and degradation. Our restoration efforts, ranging from river cleanups to streambank stabilization, ultimately reduce pollution to the river, enhance habitat, and protect aquatic wildlife. Our TN Water Watch is a first-of-its-kind river advisory tool in Tennessee. Using years of our own water sampling data AND real-time environmental data (weather, river flow, precipitation, etc.), we combine this information to PREDICT levels of E. coli at various river access points to provide better water quality information for Tennessee communities.
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.
Waterborne illnesses are a significant health concern, transmitted through contaminated drinking water and contact with water sources.
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
When you hear the term E. coli, if you’re like most people, your mind probably goes to thoughts of food poisoning and contaminated lettuce. But
When we think about plastic pollution, we often think about the plastics we can see: plastic grocery bags, plastic bottles, and various other discarded plastics that make their way into our rivers and waterways. Unfortunately, plastic pollution is much more extensive than we previously thought and can actually occur at an incredibly small scale known as microplastics!
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.
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