Beaver Creek Watershed
Grant funds are being used for projects that improve water quality in the Beaver Creek Watershed. These funds from the TN Department of Agriculture (TDA) assist homeowners with septic repairs and help farmers install best management practices which reduce polluted runoff.
Grant funds are being used for projects that improve water quality in the Beaver Creek Watershed. These funds from the TN Department of Agriculture (TDA) assist homeowners with septic repairs and help farmers install best management practices which reduce polluted runoff.
Grant funds are being used for projects that improve water quality in the Beaver Creek Watershed. These funds from the TN Department of Agriculture (TDA) assist homeowners with septic repairs and help farmers install best management practices which reduce polluted runoff.
The Beaver Creek Watershed is located in the 630 square mile Lower Clinch Basin. Its 86 square miles lies entirely within the northern portion of Knox County. The 44 miles of main stem plus seven main tributaries wind through five different communities before emptying into the Clinch River. Beaver Creek is a rapidly urbanizing watershed with approximately 80,000 residents. Two communities in the watershed, Gibbs and Karns, have been identified by the Metropolitan Planning Commission as the fastest growing areas in Knox County.
Beaver Creek is on the State of Tennessee’s 303(d) list of impaired streams. The primary impacts to the creek include sediment, nutrients and pathogens from agricultural and urban runoff, nutrients and pathogens from municipal point sources, and habitat alteration due primarily to land development.
Knox County Stormwater management was recently notified that TDA has awarded Knox County $115,100 from a Clean Water Grant to help pay the costs of fixing failed septic systems and putting improvements on farm properties. This grant targets a 26-square-mile focus area in the Upper Beaver Creek Watershed. This funding program runs from March 2021 through July 2024.
To learn more about septic system repairs, click here
To find out if you qualify for Agricultural Best Management practices, click here
To find out if you live in the Beaver Creek Phase III grant focus area, click here
Contact (865) 215-5800 for septic funding inquiries.
Contact (865) 523-3338 x 3 for agricultural funding inquiries.
