MWSD earns 99 grade in Water Supply Division Survey

With a score of 99, Murfreesboro’s Water Department has earned the designation ‘approved’ from the Tennessee’s Division of Water Supply after a Sanitary Survey was conducted between Oct. 14 and 15, a release states.

The survey awarded the department a score of 99; nine points over the 90 it scored in 2008.

“The Division would like to commend the water system on the operations and recordkeeping of the system,” Division Manager Erich Webber stated in a letter to the department. “Division staff would like to commend the water system for having a certified operator on each shift where water quality and system integrity decisions need to be made."

Inspectors encouraged the department to continue operations with a certified operator.

State inspectors were especially impressed that little interruptions in service, either quality or quantity, were experienced as the the department upgraded its water plant.

"Also," the letter states, "the Division would like to commend the water system on managing the water treatment plant upgrades in such a manner that no water quantity or quality issues were encountered and for contacting the Division to schedule a final construction inspection on the treatment plant upgrade project."

Department Director Joe Kirchner congratulated his staff on a job well done.

"We received a score of 99," Kirchner wrote in an email to his staff. "Our score in 2008 was 90 so this is a great improvement.

"Please express my congratulations and gratitude to your staff for making this score possible," he added. "Everyone has worked hard so that the citizens of Murfreesboro are provided the best quality water possible."