There are 10 article(s) tagged Memphis Sands Aquifer:

• June 2020

  • Protect Our Aquifer taps Jim Kovarik as executive director

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

    By Wayne Risher June 18, 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    Carrier has withdrawn a request to inject treated wastewater into the Memphis aquifer.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

  • 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 Sands Aquifer, a move he believes will stop legislation designed to undermine county rules.

    By Sam Stockard March 07, 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

  • 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 February 21, 2020

• December 2019

  • 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 December 10, 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

• 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