[CPEO-BIF] Reinjection opposed in Shelby County, Tennessee

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Company’s request sparks environmental concerns about aquifer contamination

By Amicia Ramsey 
Fox TV 13 (Memphis, TN)
February 25, 2020 

SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — Environmentalists and members of local government are concerned that clean drinking water is being threatened by a Shelby County company.

The Memphis Sands Aquifer is the primary source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in Shelby County and other parts of the Mid-South.

Carrier Corporation, an air-conditioning and refrigeration company, sits on top of land deemed hazardous by the EPA because of contamination. The company wants to install two wells to re-inject partially treated groundwater into the aquifer at its facility in Collierville.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/companys-request-sparks-environmental-concerns-about-aquifer-contamination/VGEB5GWG4NFPHCB25DZVRKS3HY/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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