There are 11 article(s) tagged sewers:

• April 2024

  • New rules for solar farms get rewrite by County Commission

    The commission also killed an appeal by an Eads developer seeking to start on a multi-phase project and a tie-in to the City of Memphis sewer system.

    By Bill Dries April 22, 2024

• November 2023

  • Suburbs flush with sewer treatment approaches

    Sewers, when properly maintained, are not given much attention. However, they help guide decisions for growth in Shelby County’s suburbs.

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    As Memphis sewer cutoff looms, DeSoto faces costly facility upgrades

    By Abigail Warren, Michael Waddell November 27, 2023

• October 2023

  • Memphis postpones argument over extending sewer service to the county until February

    The Memphis City Council Tuesday, Oct. 24, postponed an ordinance dealing with the city extending sewer service into unincorporated Shelby County.

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• July 2023

  • Memphis City Council approves $22.6M in drainage, sewer projects

    In addition to infrastructure, the council approved two more years on the Memphis Showboats contract and discussed a late-term reappointment to the MLGW board by outgoing Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland.

    By Bill Dries July 25, 2023

• February 2023

  • Stinky business: Memphis, suburbs push sewer capacity

    Sewer systems can have a major impact on growth. Memphis and its suburbs have a sometimes complicated relationship when it comes to that business.

    By Michael Waddell February 12, 2023

• March 2022

  • Lakeland moves closer to acquiring remaining Stonebridge sewer assets

    Lakeland wants to purchase the sewer assets in the Stonebridge community so the suburb can continue to separate itself from the Memphis system.

    By Michael Waddell March 05, 2022

• March 2021

  • Council approves Ida B. Wells monument

    In addition to the Wells monument, the council approved two new sewer fees and a TIF agreement for Downtown.

    By Bill Dries March 16, 2021

• January 2021

  • Puppy sales, city’s tallest building, sewers top City Council agenda

    City Council members Tuesday will consider banning puppy sales as the only national pet store chain that sells puppies is readying a Wolfchase store. The council also gets an update on the vacant 100 North Main Building and talks over the latest changes to the city’s sewer system.

    By Bill Dries January 26, 2021

• January 2020

  • Memphis sewer cutoff of Southaven gets more complex in two courts

    The court fight over Memphis City Hall’s plan to cut off sewage treatment for Horn Lake and Southaven, Mississippi, in 2023 is so far playing out on both sides of the state line. 

    By Bill Dries January 16, 2020

• December 2019

  • Memphis’ plan to cut off wastewater treatment to Southaven, Horn Lake moves to court

    Since March 2018, the City of Memphis has been saying it intends to end the 1970s-era agreement to treat wastewater in a North Mississippi sewer district that predates the incorporation of Southaven. 

    By Bill Dries December 31, 2019

• July 2019

  • Sewer work scheduled for north end of Mud Island

    Among the maze of road work and paving going on across the city this summer, the city public works department will add to the infrastructure scenery as it temporarily reworks the flow of raw sewage.

    By Bill Dries July 25, 2019