Cookeville Water and Sewer Department

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Hours of Operation:
The Department of Water Quality Control office hours are 8:00 am to 4:45 pm.

The City of Cookeville Department of Water Quality Control maintains water lines, the water treatment plant, sewer lines, pump stations and the wastewater treatment plant. The Cookeville Department of Water Quality Control is committed to providing a high-quality supply of water to each of our over 13,000 customers. We are also committed to collecting and treating wastewater and returning it to the rivers and watersheds in a safe effective way.

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To Report a Leak between the hours of 8am and 4:45pm M-F dial (931) 520-5227.
For After Hour Emergencies please call the Cookeville Police Department at 526-2125 and they will contact our On-Call personnel.
Staff: We have 5 full time and 4 part time employees working at the Water Treatment Plant. At the Wastewater Treatment Plant we have 8 employees. Working on the distribution and collection system we have 17 employees. There are 5 administrative and staff support personnel that work with the water and wastewater programs.

Water/Sewer Customers: Presently we have 13,019 water customers and 12,304 sewer customers. We also sell water to the cities of Algood and Baxter plus the Cookeville Boatdock Utility District, Gainesboro Grade Utility District, Bangham Utility District, O'Connor Utility District and the Double Springs Utility District.

 

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