There are 13 article(s) tagged Memphis Aquifer:

• 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

• 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

  • Recent samples raise questions about breaches in Memphis aquifer

    All the water sampled in a recent study — with the exception of one well field — was a mix of uncontaminated aquifer water with much younger water, providing evidence of breaches. 

    By Keely Brewer September 13, 2023

• January 2023

  • Millions of gallons of water flooded empty buildings during extreme winter weather

    MLGW president and CEO Doug McGowen said Tuesday that the utility had to double the amount of water it pumped from the Memphis Aquifer because of fire protection systems and water mains breaking. 

    By Keely Brewer January 10, 2023

• December 2022

  • 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. 

    By Keely Brewer December 23, 2022

• July 2022

  • 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.

    By Keely Brewer July 07, 2022

• March 2022

  • TN bill could endanger drinking water, protesters say

    “When I go to other states and taste their tap water, I’m repulsed by it,” said Makhia Smith, who’s among those eager to protect Tennessee from projects such as the Byhalia Pipeline. 

    By Alicia Davidson March 27, 2022

• November 2021

  • Supreme Court rules in Tennessee/Mississippi water case

    Mississippi contended that DeSoto County had the exclusive right to water from the Middle Claiborne Aquifer.

    By Ian Round November 22, 2021

• August 2021

  • MCAP, Protect Our Aquifer push for pipeline ordinances

    As the Memphis City Council prepared to vote on three pipeline-related ordinances, MCAP gathered in support for the legislation and “Justice Summer.”

    By Rob Moore August 17, 2021

• May 2021

  • Opinion: Pipeline could threaten our clean drinking water

    ‘I now understand the science of groundwater aquifers and the complex of laws and regulations that keep an aquifer healthy,’ says geologist Deborah Baker Carington. ‘I also understand the very real risks an oil pipeline spill would pose to the region’s most precious resource, the Memphis aquifer.’

    By Deborah Baker Carington May 02, 2021

• March 2021

  • Letters to the Editor: Grade retention and protecting the aquifer

    Paul Thomas says holding back third-graders can create long-lasting problems, and another letter writer, Duffy-Marie Arnoult, says we must protect the Memphis Sands Aquifer.

    By Letters to the Editor March 12, 2021

• December 2019

  • Shelby County Groundwater Control Board tables Carrier wastewater request

    Shelby County's Groundwater Board tabled action on Carrier Corp.'s request to release treated wastewater into the Memphis aquifer via injection wells. 

    By Abigail Warren December 11, 2019

• August 2019

  • Nonconnah’s polluted water likely leaking into Memphis aquifer

    Breaches in the Memphis aquifer means some of our drinking water comes from heavily polluted Nonconnah Creek, but filtration still yields excellent water quality.

    By John Klyce August 05, 2019