MLGW’s water crisis came after funding for infrastructure overhaul was delayed
Frigid weather, so cold the Wolf River froze near its confluence with the Mississippi River, added to MLGW’s water problems. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
When the city’s water system became a crisis last week, Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division was several months underway with a five-year $142.4 million overhaul of water system infrastructure.
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MLGW Memphis City Council Frank Colvett Rhonda Logan J.T. Young Subscriber OnlyThank you for supporting local journalism.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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