Southaven, Horn Lake looking for more time before Memphis severs sewer connection

Credit: C.J. LeMaster, WLBT DeSoto County officials believe they'll need at least 10 years to move off Memphis' sewer system, as a federal judge's ...

June 2, 2023
7:58 PM

Credit: C.J. LeMaster, WLBT DeSoto County officials believe they'll need at least 10 years to move off Memphis' sewer system, as a federal judge's decision looms over how and when the connection will cease. Memphis notified Southaven, Horn Lake, and unincorporated parts of DeSoto County in 2018 that it intended to not renew a 48-year contract between the entities. But it wasn't until a judge's ruling earlier this year that the termination process officially began. Since 1975, the Mississippi towns have sent their sewage to Memphis through a local body called the Horn Lake Creek Basin Interceptor Sewer District.

Alex Rozier