Roan Mountain State Park

LRM was selected by Cannon & Cannon, Inc. (CCI) as the soil science subconsultant for the Roan Mountain State Park Wastewater Infrastructure Replacement project, administered through the State of Tennessee’s Real Estate Asset Management (STREAM) Program. The project involves replacing the park’s aging recirculating sand filter wastewater treatment plant, which currently discharges treated effluent to the Doe River, with a new Aquapoint Bioclere treatment system and subsurface drip irrigation dispersal field. The new system is designed for a capacity of approximately 36,000 gallons per day and must meet the requirements of TDEC’s Design Criteria for Sewage Works, Chapter 17. LRM’s scope included a preliminary soil investigation across approximately 280 acres of park land, requiring test pit excavations, soil mapping, and the identification and delineation of suitable disposal field areas. Using GIS elevation data, LRM first screened out areas exceeding 50% slope, then conducted field investigations to evaluate soil conditions across the remaining acreage. Five potential disposal areas — previously identified as cleared of trees — were evaluated along with additional park land to determine general feasibility. LRM provided a preliminary soils map with recommendations for disposal area locations and system type to guide CCI’s engineering design. The project represents LRM’s growing role in large-scale wastewater infrastructure projects across East Tennessee and highlights the firm’s ability to support state-level programs requiring detailed soil science expertise on complex, high-capacity systems.