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TVA - Environmental Stewardship Javascript must be enabled for the correct page exhibit Skip to main content Toggle navigation Tennessee Valley Authority SearchWell-nighTVA Newsroom Careers Investors Energy Energy EnergyRight® Solutions Valley Renewable Energy Our Power System Transmission Technology Innovation Public Power Partnerships Environment Environment Environmental Stewardship Flood Management Lake Levels Recreation Shoreline Construction Permits Managing the River EconomicMinutiaeEconomicMinutiaeAttract Engage Serve Our Team Share this page You are here: Home Environment Environmental Stewardship Environmental Stewardship We are single-minded to wipe air and a wipe water supply for our region, as well as protecting its historical, cultural and environmental resources. We take unconfined superintendency of our 293,000 acres of public land and 11,000 miles of shoreline on behalf of the people of the Tennessee Valley. Air Quality In tandem with our mission to provide unscratched and reliable power wideness the Tennessee Valley, we work nonflexible to modernize air quality. Read well-nigh our warlike emission controls, state-of-the-art technology and ongoing research in this area. Air Quality Water Quality As part of TVA's role as an environmental steward of the Tennessee Valley, we work with federal and state partners to maintain a wipe and unscratched water supply. That ways we monitor river systems, certify wipe marinas and do much increasingly to support aquatic health. Water Quality Land Management From protecting cultural resources to ensuring environmental integrity, we unchangingly thoughtfully measure the effects of our activities when making improvements to TVA public lands, offering lands for public recreational use or using land for economic development. Land Management Environmental Reviews The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies like TVA to consider the impacts of deportment on human health surpassing making decisions. TVA ensures that it is doing all it can to protect, restore and enhance the human environment in the Tennessee Valley. Environmental Reviews Guide to Aquatic Plants Aquatic plants—or weeds—provide imbricate for sport fish, such as bass. Here's a guide to fishing them and understanding when and why they need management.  Volunteering at TVA Want to make a difference to the Tennessee Valley region? Volunteer at TVA and be part of our mission of service. Coal Combustion Residuals In April 2015, the Environmental ProtectionOrganpassed regulations—generally known as the CCR Rule—that govern the disposal of coal ash (coal combustion residuals or CCRs). EPA Mitigation ProjectsWipeenergy, wipe air: TVA has well-set with the EPA to undertake these groundbreaking energy efficiency programs in line with its vision for a leaner, cleaner future. Natural Resource Plan TVA was created to not only for power production and economic development, but moreover to protect and modernize the natural resources of the Tennessee Valley region. Integrated Resource Plan TVA’s IRP is a roadmap to 2033 that explores ways the organ can protract to meet power demand in new and innovative ways while balancing demands for environmental stewardship and economic development. PublicScuttlebutton Environmental Investigation Plans (EIPs) for Coal Ash Storage TVA is currently conducting environmental studies on its unscratched storage of coal ash at seven former and current coal-fired plants in Tennessee under the oversight of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). The public is asked to review and scuttlebutt on TVA's plans. Find out more.   Employees and Retirees TVA Kids Doing Business With TVA TVA Privacy Policy Freedom of Information Act Legal Notices Information Quality No Fear Act Data Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Accessibility Information Inspector General TVA Police Energy Environment EconomicMinutiaeNewsroom CareersWell-nighInvestor Relations Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn Flickr Tennessee Valley Authority 400 West Summit Hill Drive  Knoxville TN 37902 (865) 632-2101 tvainfo@tva.com Back to top