There are 4 article(s) tagged Brian Waldron:

• January 2024

  • Preparing for extreme weather and other ‘disruptive events’

    The University of Memphis’ Center for Applied Earth Science has hired a professor known for using data to guide long-term planning for infrastructure.

    By Jane Roberts January 21, 2024

• September 2023

  • Here’s what $5 million and five years of research taught Memphis about the aquifer

    With all this new information about one of the city’s most important resources, what happens now? 

    By Keely Brewer September 22, 2023

• June 2019

  • Short-term aquifer effort moves to long-term objectives

    As a University of Memphis effort to better map the Memphis aquifer's breaches gets underway, others calling attention to threats to the underground water source want to see a groundwater authority for the region.

    By Bill Dries June 07, 2019

• April 2019

  • University of Memphis begins five-year aquifer research project

    The effort to map breaches in the clay layers protecting the city's underground water supply will also include longer-term goals like the best placement of wells and how the aquifers move.

    By Bill Dries April 09, 2019