I'm Ellen Smith, member of the Oak Ridge City Council. Thank you for visiting my blog and reading my views on public and private life in and around Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This website is my own; content here does not represent the official policies or views of the City of Oak Ridge. To add your own comments, click on the topic title to open a comment box. To read posts about a particular topic, scroll down to "Categories" (in the sidebar) or use the "Search" box in the sidebar. Look under "Archives" to see collections of past posts organized by date.
Stan Mitchell of The Oak Ridge Observer asked the city manager and members of City Council for our thoughts on the year past (2011) and the upcoming year (2012). The responses he received (from the manager and 6 Council members) were published in Thursday’s paper. Here’s are his questions and my answers (to see the [...]
Wow — a tank failed this morning at Gatlinburg’s sewage treatment plant; lots of sewage spilled, two workers are missing and the Little Pigeon River is contaminated! Sewage treatment is one of those things that people take for granted, but it is important — and failures can be serious business. The tank rupture in Gatlinburg [...]
On Monday, a west end resident reported that the city’s sewage treatment plant has been emitting an odor lately. He asked if the plant might be overloaded. I asked staff what’s going on. Since the fellow who contacted me probably isn’t the only one who’s been wondering about the odor, I’m sharing the reply I received:
The [...]