Judge gives DeSoto County areas eight years to move off Memphis' sewer system
A federal judge ruled late last week that Southaven, Horn Lake and some unincorporated parts of DeSoto County have eight years to redirect their wa...
A federal judge ruled late last week that Southaven, Horn Lake and some unincorporated parts of DeSoto County have eight years to redirect their wastewater after relying on Memphis for nearly 50 years. The sections of DeSoto County, represented by the Horn Lake Creek Basin Interceptor Sewer District, have argued with Memphis officials for years over when Memphis could stop treating the north Mississippi suburbs' wastewater. Memphis has treated the Mississippi towns' sewage since 1975. Memphis notified the sewer district in 2018 that it wanted to end the relationship so it could focus resources on its own residents.