Seagle Retiring from WWTA Post

Contributed Photo _ Don Seagle, right, accepts a plaque from WWTA Chairman Mike Moon upon his retirement after serving five years as the East Ridge Commissioner on the board.

Don Seagle, the city’s representative on the Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority, was recently honored by the board upon his retirement.

Seagle was presented a plaque in honor of his five years of service to East Ridge and WWTA by Board Chairman Mike Moon. Seagle’s retirement date with the WWTA is effective on March 10.

Seagle, who has spent a long career in the water treatment business, was appointed by Mayor Brent Lambert in March of 2010, replacing Tom Card.

Mayor Lambert recently stated that he is considering filling Seagle’s seat on the WWTA with a city employee, possibly Brad Hayen, East Ridge’s Chief Building Officer. Lambert said there was a possibility that he may even consider appointing the city’s next City Manager, who has yet to be hired.

According to the WWTA Website, it is responsible for the public sewer system throughout the unincorporated areas of Hamilton County, and the surrounding municipalities of East Ridge, Lakesite, Lookout Mountain, Red Bank, Ridgeside, Signal Mountain, and Soddy Daisy. The WWTA is not responsible for sewers in the City of Collegedale, the Town of Walden or the City of Chattanooga.

The purpose of the WWTA is to protect the environment and the public by regulating the quality of water discharged into the wastewater collection system and treatment works, regulating the quality of construction of extensions to the sewer, and encouraging the expansion of sewers of the wastewater collection system. The WWTA has established regulations to ensure it is compliant with the provisions of the Clean Water Act and other applicable federal, state and local laws.

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