MLGW to drill more wells to keep water pressure up during emergencies
Because of a combination of “hard fiscal decisions in the past” and lower water demand, MLGW delayed installing new wells even as old wells aged out.
Topic: Protect Our Aquifer
RSSThere are 38 article(s) tagged Protect Our Aquifer:
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February 2024
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Half of Tennessee wetlands could lose protection under a proposed bill
Rep. Kevin Vaughan, R-Collierville, has proposed a new wetlands bill that he says is more equitable to landowners.
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January 2024
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Between wind and water: How the Health Department could help the environment
The Shelby County Health Department is charged with protecting and promoting environmental health, but advocates say the agency is not doing enough to keep the area’s air and water safe.
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November 2023
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Opinion: The state of Memphis’ aquifer is ‘worse than we thought’
Protect Our Aquifer says change is needed “to ensure we have clean drinking water far into the future. We have one chance to get this right. At this point, we are failing.”
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August 2023
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Still smell diesel in your water? You’re not the only one
Even after the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation said Germantown’s water was safe to drink, Protect Our Aquifer’s science director Scott Schoefernacker and his family have opted not to.
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July 2023
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Protect Our Aquifer hires first science director
“The hope is to get the public even more involved to understand and appreciate their drinking water source,” said Scott Schoefernacker.
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April 2023
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Memphis aquifer’s protective layer looking ‘more like Swiss cheese’
A five-year, $5 million study of the Memphis aquifer is nearing completion; it already has identified 23 previously undetected breaches in the aquifer’s protective clay layer.
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March 2023
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EPA proposes limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
PFAS are a class of more than 12,000 human-made compounds. They accumulate in the environment and human bodies over time and don’t easily degrade, which is why some call them “forever chemicals.”
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Ward Archer on the aquifer, local media and independent music
Ward Archer joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about some of the projects and companies he’s involved in, from Protect Our Aquifer to Archer Records to Contemporary Media.
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February 2023
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Protect Our Aquifer director: ‘A time to choose’ between energy, potable water
Sarah Houston talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the coal ash cleanup still in progress at the old TVA Allen Fossil Plant and its impact on the Memphis Sands aquifer, which supplies the city’s water.
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December 2022
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NASA pinpoints vulnerabilities in aquifer
In some areas of West Tennessee, water is being pumped from the Memphis Sand Aquifer more quickly than it’s being replenished by rainfall.
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Federal judge hears challenge to TVA’s long-term contracts
U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker presided over a four-hour hearing Thursday concerning the legality of TVA’s long-term contract.
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November 2022
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TVA’s long-term contract in court this week
A lawsuit alleges that TVA’s long-term contracts violate two federal laws. A U.S. district judge will hear the case Thursday.
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September 2022
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Out of this world: NASA to measure Memphis aquifer from space
As Protect Our Aquifer advocates for the region’s water supply, they turned to some friends in high places. Really high places.
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Advocacy groups request longer public comment period on MLGW power proposals
“MLGW’s decision on its future power supply is one of the most consequential single decisions that any community has made in the history of SACE’s work throughout the Southeast region over the past three decades,” said the executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
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July 2022
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Community celebrates Byhalia Pipeline cancellation one year later
After the Byhalia Pipeline project was canceled on July 2, 2021, the residents who opposed it met at Alonzo Weaver Park for a celebration. A year later, they returned to the same spot to mark the occasion once again.
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Environmental groups urge MLGW to invest in renewable energy
The organizations said it’s a crucial moment as MLGW’s board prepares to make a recommendation on its next electric supplier contract.
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Oil from ruptured pipeline barely misses Memphis Aquifer recharge zone
The recharge zone is the area where rain and river water filter through to replenish the aquifer, which provides drinking water for at least a million residents.
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March 2022
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Tennessee cities could lose right to regulate some energy projects
Rep. Kevin Vaughan (R-Collierville) proposed the bill, which has been approved the State Senate, to prevent moves such as Memphis City Council’s efforts to keep the Byhalia Connection Pipeline away from the city’s aquifer.
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January 2022
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Guest column: TVA’s empty coal ash promises
Nobody wants coal ash in their backyard – but it’s even worse when the folks dumping the waste don’t evaluate all the risks and keep the community in the dark. That’s what happening now in South Memphis.
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July 2021
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Out of the pipeline: The city’s water movement and how it evolved
The Byhalia Connection Pipeline is over but a burgeoning environmental movement, with the city’s underground water aquifer at its center, remains. The road to that movement began with the rise of the city’s new activism several years ago, with some unexpected twists and turns along the way.
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June 2021
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End of Byhalia pipeline truce approaches with more specific proposals
Sarah Houston, executive director of the nonprofit “Protect Our Aquifer,” talked on “Behind the Headlines” about the end of a truce between the City Council, County Commission and the builders of the proposed Byhalia Connection oil pipeline.
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May 2021
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Protect Our Aquifer hires ‘water warrior’ as new leader
Sarah Houston, who has devoted her career to water resource management and protection, will lead Protect Our Aquifer as the nonprofit group enters a new phase of its existence.
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Letter to the Editor: For Memphis, oil pipeline benefits are ‘zero,’ risks are many
One of the principal components of crude oil is benzene. It takes very little benzene to make a vast quantity of water completely undrinkable.
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April 2021
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Existing pipeline makes Byhalia Connection unneeded, environmental groups say
Environmental groups are asking the state to reconsider a permit for the proposed Byhalia Connection oil pipeline because they say an existing pipeline could serve the same purpose.
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Plains All American mounting fight against revised city ordinance
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