There are 14 article(s) tagged Memphis Sands Aquifer:

• January 2022

  • 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.

    By Sarah Houston January 15, 2022

• July 2021

  • About Town: Drinking in a win for the Aquifer

    After more than a year of debates and rallies, plans for the Byhalia Pipeline have been abandoned. But the battle left its mark on the city.

    By Abigail Warren July 16, 2021

• April 2021

  • Council delays action on pipeline ordinance

    Memphis City Council is delaying final consideration of an ordinance that would restrict oil pipeline development within the city limits, but apparently not in response to a peace offering from a company that wants to build such a pipeline.

    By Blake Fontenay April 20, 2021

• March 2021

  • Letter to the Editor: Don’t jeopardize the Memphis Sands aquifer

    We bottled our water and sent it to Flint residents to help with their water contamination crisis, so why would we consider endangering our Memphis Sands Aquifer?

    By Letters to the Editor March 12, 2021

• February 2021

  • Oil pipeline project clears environmental hurdle

    Opponents of the proposed pipeline believe local governments can stop the project and nine property owners are still refusing to give Plains All American access to their land. 

    By Blake Fontenay February 11, 2021

  • Sale of two lots on Weaver Road for Byhalia Connection pipeline delayed

    The delay by the Shelby County Commission also shows there may be a rift between commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. and his father, City Council member Edmund Ford Sr., on the issue.

    By Bill Dries February 08, 2021

  • Pipeline’s route faces increased challenges

    Local resistance to the Byhalia Connection oil pipeline project has been gaining momentum recently. And with a new president in the White House, the project may face tougher scrutiny from federal regulators as well.

    By Blake Fontenay February 08, 2021

• December 2020

  • Crude oil pipeline opponents seek broader review

    Protect Our Aquifer and other environmental groups have asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers not to fast-track approval for the Byhalia Connection crude oil pipeline.

    By Wayne Risher December 30, 2020

• March 2020

  • Carrier withdraws request to inject treated wastewater

    Carrier has withdrawn a request to inject treated wastewater into the Memphis aquifer. The company, which has a site in Collierville, hopes to refile at a later date.

    By Abigail Warren March 09, 2020

  • Behind the Headlines Podcast: Journalist round table

    Toby Sells with the Memphis Flyer, Karanja Ajanaku with the New Tri-State Defender and Laura Faith Kebede with Chalkbeat TN join host Eric Barnes and Bill Dries with The Daily Memphian to discuss the current legislative session and the budget shortfall for Shelby County and Memphis’ sales-tax increase.

    By Eric Barnes March 09, 2020

  • Shelby water rights bill on hold with Health Department changes pending

    Legislation designed to reduce Shelby County’s control over landowners’ drilling of water wells – a move some believe could threaten the Memphis Sands Aquifer – is being put off for at least a year.

    By Sam Stockard March 05, 2020

• February 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Protecting our water, celebrating our music, arguing about our basketball

    The city's greatest asset faces threats, Memphis has some 'High Fidelity' moments, and the mecca of chicken and donuts has an East Memphis location.

    By Chris Herrington February 28, 2020

• 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

• December 2018

  • State water plan seeks to protect Memphis Sands Aquifer

    The Memphis Sands Aquifer isn’t in danger of drying up, but it remains in federal litigation, and Tennessee leaders say a long-term look at water needs statewide will help prepare for growth and updated systems. State officials say the aquifer produces the purest drinking water in the nation — 159 million gallons daily for public water supplies.

    By Sam Stockard December 08, 2018