[CPEO-BIF] "Carrier Withdraws Proposal to Pump Wastewater into Memphis Aquifer , " Tennessee

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Carrier Withdraws Proposal to Pump Wastewater into Memphis Aquifer 

By KATIE RIORDAN 
KUAF Public Radio (Memphis, TN)
March 8, 2020

Facing pushback from environmental groups, an air conditioning manufacturing company in Collierville has withdrawn a proposal to pump treated wastewater into the Memphis Sand Aquifer, the source of the area’s drinking water.

While the Carrier Corporation is no longer asking water regulators to grant them an exemption to a county-wide ban on injecting groundwater into the aquifer, the company's statement says the decision is “contingent on our ability to refile and request a waiver at a later date.”

Carrier originally went before the Shelby County Groundwater Control Board in December with a proposal to change the cleanup plan of its Collierville Superfund site - 135 acres polluted with the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene (TCE).

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For the entire story, see
https://www.kuaf.com/post/carrier-withdraws-proposal-pump-wastewater-memphis-aquifer#stream/0

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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