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UPDATE - The Water intake plant that supplies water to Greene County and some areas of surrounding counties is completely unsalvageable. The GWC turned off the pumps at 2 PM today and the county will run out of water by tomorrow morning and be out for atleast a week. Emergency pumps are being brought in, but due to complications at a downstream system, it could take days for them to get started. Meaning the county will be without water for days/weeks. Here is the full statement from the Water Department: This has been a historical, unprecedented event. Last night, our intake structure was enveloped by the Nolichuckey River. As most know, the Greeneville Water Commission supplies water to Greeneville and the majority of Greene County through five utility districts. Our intake structure is how we pump water from the river to the treatment plant. It was totally submerged. After the water receded today. We discovered that there is not much, if anything salvageable at our pumping station. We have a supply at our plant but it was quickly being used due to circumstances out of our control. We have storage tanks in our system as do the utility districts. At 2 pm today we turned the pumps off at our treatment plant that feeds the distribution system. The water in the storage tanks is what is left. This should be a 24 hour supply under normal conditions. We are having emergency pumps delivered tomorrow but these things take time. We have to configure piping to our existing infrastructure to get it to our plant which is a few miles away. We are working incessantly, around the click, to do all we can do as is all of our utilities and first responders. Please be kind and patient. We have families that we are not able to go home to right now either. With all of the misinformation, I wanted you to hear it from the horse's mouth ( or as some might say another part of horse anatomy). We do not know how long we will be without water. It is not an if but a when. We are hoping for a week to when we can start pumping. Please give us time and please pray for our community and come together instead of criticizing.