There are 11 article(s) tagged Memphis Sand aquifer:

• May 2025

  • Here’s how much water xAI is using to cool its supercomputer

    Progress on xAI’s water-recycling facility has slowed to a bureaucratic trickle, but construction could come like a flood in a matter of weeks. 

    By Samuel Hardiman May 19, 2025

• November 2024

  • How music can protect the aquifer

    The Acoustic Sunday Live series will hold its sixth event to benefit Protect Our Aquifer, the nonprofit that advocates for protection and monitoring of the aquifer that provides Memphis its drinking water. 

    By Eric Barnes November 16, 2024

• August 2024

  • With xAI’s arrival, concerns about Memphis aquifer arise

    “There’s a lot of issues that are unknown, and there’s a lot of contamination. ... So how do we address that, and where are those sources coming from?” the science director at Protect Our Aquifer said.

    By Samuel Hardiman August 31, 2024

• November 2023

  • This Week in Memphis: Tigers’ season starts without Penny, Terrence Howard is here

    What’s ahead this week? Leftwich Tennis Center will reopen, Downtown Dining Week is happening, and Mississippi voters are headed to the polls.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 05, 2023

• September 2023

  • This Week in Memphis: Brooks lawsuit in court, Elwood’s opening

    This week marks two years since the Collierville Kroger mass shooting. Plus, FedEx Corp. reports first-quarter earnings and U of M researchers reveal breaches in the aquifer.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 17, 2023

• February 2021

  • Opinion: Lawmakers must step up to protect Memphis Sand Aquifer

    The state granted the oil pipeline a permit. The Army Corps of Engineers approved a fast-track permit for the project. And here’s the detail that astounds: Neither the state nor the feds consider groundwater or the aquifer.

    By Jim Kovarik February 14, 2021

• November 2020

  • Carrier Corp. wants to inject partially treated wastewater into aquifer

    Carrier Corporation's request to inject treated wastewater into the Memphis Sand aquifer will get a review Dec. 10 by the Shelby County Groundwater Quality Control Board.

    By Abigail Warren November 12, 2020

  • Protect Our Aquifer hosts informational meeting in Collierville

    Protect Our Aquifer will hold an informational meeting about drinking water quality Tuesday, Feb. 25 in Collierville.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 10, 2020

  • Harris backs farmers’ access to groundwater while preserving aquifer

    The Shelby County mayor contends the proposed rule changes will stop “onerous” permitting requirements while still protecting the Memphis Sand Aquifer, a move he believes will stop legislation designed to undermine county rules.

    By Sam Stockard November 10, 2020

  • Protect Our Aquifer taps Jim Kovarik as executive director

    Protect Our Aquifer, which is dedicated to protecting the Memphis Sand Aquifer that provides the region with drinking water, has hired its first executive director, Jim Kovarik.

    By Wayne Risher November 10, 2020

• January 2020

  • Aquifer study cleared to continue after holdup in MLGW funding

    A $1,235,000 contract amendment for research on the Memphis Sand aquifer has been executed by Memphis Light Gas and Water and University of Memphis. It's retroactive to last July 1.

    By Wayne Risher January 25, 2020