Mid-South Water Resources & Beyond

Knowledge about our water resources empowers us to be active participants in its protection.

Groundwater & Surface Water

Groundwater

The groundwater resources of this region are remarkable and are considered some of the best globally. Yet we know all resources are vulnerable, so we seek to better ensure the long-term sustainability of our groundwater resources by preventing over-exploitation and declines in quality.

Surface Water

The ecosystems along the mighty Mississippi River and its tributaries which were once exceedingly rich and diverse have now been vastly lessened, mostly due to flood control measures. Yet where possible, we are attempting to transform these damaged river systems back to a more natural state.

Health Of The System

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Confinement Condition of The Memphis Aquifer - Shelby County

Beneath much of Shelby County, the Memphis aquifer is confined, meaning that water levels in the aquifer sit above the base of the upper confining clay.

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Threats to the Groundwater - West TN

Threats to the Memphis aquifer mainly come from the surface or right below the surface from anthropogenic (human) sources.

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Ways To Get Involved

You can make a difference in the quality and availability of freshwater in your community through enacting simple conservation practices in your home, to getting involved in a research or education outreach activity. CAESER, along with other conservation programs, offers a variety of avenues to engage such as helping student researchers canoe our rivers to deploy instrumentation, contacting your child’s school to have the WOW mobile visit, participating in trash pick-up programs along waterways, or simply joining in a hike with others who also have a shared interest in the environment.

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