West Tennessee Megasite Authority implements enhanced zoning safeguards for Memphis Aquifer
Zoning Regulations Approved for West Tennessee Megasite The governing board for the West Tennessee Megasite, which includes Ford’s BlueOval City electric vehicle and battery manufacturing campus, unanimously approved new zoning regulations on Wednesday. This 4,100-acre site sits above an aquifer, safeguarded from surface contaminants by a natural clay layer. Nonetheless, violations of this clay barrier […]
South Memphis community to develop strategy for safeguarding Memphis Aquifer drinking water
Residents in Southern Memphis are about to kick off their first major project focused on safeguarding the drinking water that lies beneath them. The sand aquifers under Memphis extend across eight states within the Mississippi River basin and are crucial for providing clean water to much of the Southern Central region, including Memphis itself. Essentially, […]
Cochise County’s only source aquifer keeps three communities flowing with water
NACO, Ariz. (KGUN) — Water conservation efforts in Cochise County tend to focus on the San Pedro River and its recharge, but in Naco, Naco Sanitary District board members are trying to conserve the only water source aquifer. I am concerned about this. “Everyone has been ignoring this aquifer,” said Steven Day, Naco Sanitary District […]
How the revision of federal regulations may help Colorado And slow the decline of the Ogallala Aquifer. – The Burlington Record
Editor’s note: The Record received the following note from the author: “You may be interested in this article I posted last week about the May 8th press conference I covered at the Capitol. I hope you find this headline amusing. That was the intention.” .” Colorado Lieutenant Governor Diane Primavera never lived on a farm, […]
Court challenge moving ahead against state’s designation of Hualapai aquifer | Local News Stories
An out-of-state organization has taken to court to challenge the December 19, 2022 designation of the Hualapai Valley Groundwater Basin as an Irrigation No Extension Area (INA) by Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) Administrator Tom Buschatke. I went to court. Mojave County formally requested designation, arguing that agricultural operations north of Kingman put an […]