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Local researchers warn of breaches in Memphis aquifer protective layer; community group pushes groundwater protection plan
Summary
Researchers and Protect Our Aquifer representatives told commissioners data show younger, faster-moving groundwater and known contamination plumes approaching some well fields, and urged creation of a coordinated groundwater protection plan and stronger monitoring.
Speakers at the County's public-works committee on Monday outlined new findings about the Memphis aquifer's vulnerabilities and urged coordinated local action to protect the county's sole drinking water source.
Researchers' briefing. Leslie Taylor (presentation lead) and Scott Schaeffenacker summarized results from a University of Memphis aquifer study funded partly by MLGW ratepayers that found the geologic clay layer that protects the Upper Memphis aquifer is discontinuous in places and contains breaches where contaminants can migrate more rapidly. The study's analyses of "water age" show some production wells…
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