There are 11 article(s) tagged Protect Our Aquifer:

• 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

• November 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

  • 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

  • Protect Our Aquifer challenges TVA power contracts

    Environmental advocates including Protect Our Aquifer have sued TVA, saying new agreements for power distributors weren't properly reviewed for environmental impacts before they were put in place in 2019.

    By Wayne Risher November 10, 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    Carrier has withdrawn a request to inject treated wastewater into the Memphis aquifer.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

• February 2020

  • Environmentalists fear bill could gut Shelby’s groundwater safeguards

    Environmentalists believe a Farm Bureau bill pending in the General Assembly threatens to clip the wings of Shelby County regulations on water wells tapping into the aquifer that supplies drinking water. 

    By Wayne Risher February 18, 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

  • MLGW seeks firmer grasp of aquifer study’s progress

    Memphis Light, Gas & Water's new contract with University of Memphis on a five-year aquifer study adds data and reporting requirements designed to keep the utility abreast of research activity.

    By Wayne Risher January 23, 2020

  • Water supply study slowed by negotiations between MLGW, CAESER

    A five-year, $5 million study of potential threats to Memphis’ drinking water supply has been slowed by protracted contract negotiations between MLGW and a University of Memphis research unit. 

    By Wayne Risher January 02, 2020

• December 2019

  • Concert spotlights awareness for Memphis’ drinking water

    Entertainment lawyer Bruce Newman’s annual benefit concert will support Protect Our Aquifer. Musicians Maria Muldaur, Ruthie Foster and Dom Flemons are among the performers.

    By Jared Boyd December 09, 2019

• April 2019

  • Protecting our aquifer: Who’s in charge?

    We are one of the largest communities in the United States that depends solely on groundwater for our drinking water. It’s imperative that we become better stewards of this ground and these waters on which we so depend.

    By Ward Archer April 22, 2019