Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-3-101 (2026)
Short title
✓ current as of May 2026
This part shall be known as the "Water Quality Control Act of 1977."
Acts 1971, ch. 164, § 1; 1977, ch. 366, § 1; T.C.A., § 70-324.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1986–2022 · leading case: State v. Electroplating, Inc., 990 S.W.2d 211 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1998).
State v. Electroplating, Inc., 990 S.W.2d 211 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1998). “Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 69-3-101 through 69-3-129 (1987)(as amended in 1989).”
Am. Heritage Apts., Inc. v. The Hamilton Cnty. Water & Wastewater Treatment Auth., Hamilton Cnty., Tenenssee, 494 S.W.3d 31 (Tenn. 2016). “The Commissioner of TDEC has the authority to issue a complaint when he has reason to believe that there has been a violation of the Water Quality Control Act of 1977, Tennessee Code Annotated section 69-3-101 to -69-3-148 (2012). The Commissioner may also order that corrective…”
Tennessee Env't Council v. Water Quality Control Bd., 250 S.W.3d 44 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2007). “See Water Quality Control Act of 1977, Tenn.Code Ann. § 69-3-101, et seq.; see also Tenn.”
State ex rel. Slatery v. Tenn. Valley Auth., 311 F. Supp. 3d 896 (M.D. Tenn. 2018). “In response, on January 7, 2015, the State filed a complaint against TVA in the Chancery Court for Davidson County, Tennessee ("Chancery Court"), alleging violations of the SWDA, the Tennessee Water Quality Control Act of 1977, as amended, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 69-3-101 to 69-3-137…”
Starlink Logistics, Inc. v. ACC, LLC, 494 S.W.3d 659 (Tenn. 2016). “§§ 69-3-101 to -148 (2011), and the Tennessee Solid Waste Disposal Act, TenmCode Ann.”
State v. Superior Oil, Inc., 875 S.W.2d 658 (Tenn. 1994). “The doctrine of elision is applied and the remainder of the Water Quality Control Act of 1977 is upheld.”
Tennessee Env't Council, Inc. v. Tennessee Water Quality Control Bd., 254 S.W.3d 396 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2007). “TDEC issues NPDES permits in conjunction with its authority under the Water Quality Control Act of 1977 ("the Water Act”), Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-3-101 et seq. See 33 U.”
Sterling v. Velsicol Chem. Corp., 647 F. Supp. 303 (W.D. Tenn. 1986). “) and the Water Quality Control Act (T.C.A. § 69-3-101, et seq.) both enacted during the time Velsicol operated its chemical waste burial site.”
Ergon, Inc. v. Amoco Oil Co., 966 F. Supp. 577 (W.D. Tenn. 1997). “§§ 68-211-101—68-211-121, and the Tennessee Water Quality Control Act, T.C.A. §§ 69-3-101—69-3-131. Amoco submits that there is no implied cause of action under these statutes, nor is there any basis for allowing subrogation to the commissioner.”
Rudolph Jones, Jr. Susan Jones Tandy Jones Gilliland v. City of Lakeland, Tennessee, a Tennessee Mun. Corp., 224 F.3d 518 (6th Cir. 2000). “§§ 1254-1376 , and the Tennessee Water Control Act (“the Tennessee Water Act”), Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 69-3-101 to 131. They charge that the City’s ongoing practice is seriously imperiling human health and wildlife in, about, and along the said waterway.”
Rudolph Jones, Jr. Susan Jones Tandy Jones Gilliland v. City of Lakeland, Tennessee, a Tennessee Mun. Corp., 175 F.3d 410 (6th Cir. 1999). “§§ 1254-1376 , and the Tennessee Water Control Act (“the Tennessee Water Act”), Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 69-3-101 to 131. The district court dismissed the plaintiffs’ complaint concluding that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the plaintiffs’ claim.”
Stephens v. Koch Foods, LLC, 667 F. Supp. 2d 768 (E.D. Tenn. 2009). “§§ 69-3-101 et seq. Moreover, the TDEC has established certain rules and regulations.”
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