I just did a little preliminary research online to find out why we have such great water. It seems our city sits on top of the Memphis aquifer. My sister-in-law Heather could explain this much better (she's a hydrogeologist), but an aquifer is a layer of permeable rock beneath the surface that contains water. The more porous the rock, the more water it contains. Wells are dug into the natural aquifers and water pumped out. The Memphis aquifer is HUGE (it contains over 100 trillion gallons of water, by some estimates) and is known to hold some of the best water in the nation. Many industries located in Memphis have moved here just because of our wonderful water supply. Lucky us!
Monday, September 15
Memphis Monday: DELICIOUS WATER
Us Memphians are privileged to have award-winning water flowing from our taps. It is delicious! Pour me a great big cup, especially after having been sitting in the fridge, and I'm one happy girl! This is the best drinking water I've ever had straight from the faucet. Mmm...
I just did a little preliminary research online to find out why we have such great water. It seems our city sits on top of the Memphis aquifer. My sister-in-law Heather could explain this much better (she's a hydrogeologist), but an aquifer is a layer of permeable rock beneath the surface that contains water. The more porous the rock, the more water it contains. Wells are dug into the natural aquifers and water pumped out. The Memphis aquifer is HUGE (it contains over 100 trillion gallons of water, by some estimates) and is known to hold some of the best water in the nation. Many industries located in Memphis have moved here just because of our wonderful water supply. Lucky us!
I just did a little preliminary research online to find out why we have such great water. It seems our city sits on top of the Memphis aquifer. My sister-in-law Heather could explain this much better (she's a hydrogeologist), but an aquifer is a layer of permeable rock beneath the surface that contains water. The more porous the rock, the more water it contains. Wells are dug into the natural aquifers and water pumped out. The Memphis aquifer is HUGE (it contains over 100 trillion gallons of water, by some estimates) and is known to hold some of the best water in the nation. Many industries located in Memphis have moved here just because of our wonderful water supply. Lucky us!
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Wow. i had no clue.. I did notice the water was pretty good here. Ps congrats on the calling! aren't you excited?!
Neat whats your new calling he he ..
WOW! So I don't have time to blog for a few weeks and look at all I missed! Obviously the delicious water is the most important, but I also loved the adorable pictures of Addie and her necklaces and it was fun to see pictures of your mini vacation! Oh, and I love the new blog background!
P.S. I agree, our water is yummy and it is nice not to need a water softener!
So, it took us months to get used to the water out here! We absolutely hated it for awhile and have finally gotten used to it. Guess we couldn't taste the goodness...ha ha! It was fun to hang out with you last night!
You did a perfectly lovely job explaining how aquifers work. I hope the city and region is working hard to protect their resource. Is Memphis part of the Ogallalla aquifer?
Hey- that is cool! I thought we had great water in WA.... I wonder how it stacks up against Memphis's. And to think that Beaver Utah claims the best water in the nation. Ha!
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