Public schools in Jackson, Mississippi, were forced to go virtual on Thursday, with much of the state capital undera boil water notice since Christmas. Businesses in the city are also closing amid the water problems. Barrelhouse, a restaurant, has been serving bottled water, but it's closing...
Residents in Jackson, Mississippi, continue to be hit with boil water notices, water shortages andother water infrastructure problemsthat have lingered for decades. Over the last two years, Jackson residents have been hit with more problems that left them without clean water for weeks at a time...
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said late Monday that he's declaring a state of emergency for Jackson's water system, and he issued theproclamationTuesday. The state will try to help resolve problems by hiring contractors to work at the treatment plant, which was operating at diminished capacity ...
Jackson, Mississippi, has struggled for years with erratic water supply, and city government has been sued on multiple occasions for making decisions that have led to lead poisoning of residents.
Jackson also asked residents who are experiencing discolored water or no pressure to report it while a boil water notice remains in effect.Flooding of the Pearl River, which runs in Mississippi and Louisiana, created problems with treating water at the O.B. Curtis water plant in Jackson late ...
The water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, has recently made national and international headlines as a major environmental catastrophe, impacting the public health and wellbeing of residents. Here we focus on Jackson's most prevalent and vulnerable population, its children, by assessing how boil water...
"The entire city of Jackson, Mississippi, either has no water or is under a boil water alert. It's been 2 weeks now, going on week 3. Why isn't this getting the attention Texas got?" another residenttweeted. Activist Erin Brockovich also tweeted about the water issues: "Big money but...
of Mississippi intentionally starved the city of Jackson of the resources to maintain its water infrastructure," Johnson told The Associated Press on Thursday. "We want the EPA and this administration to put forth a course of action to prevent the state of Mississippi from ever doing this again...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The federal government is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state's majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system , the U.S.
Huntsville, AL– The Pearl River cuts through the heart of Jackson, Mississippi and also provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of residents. However, the water source can also pose a threat to the local community when the levels flood. That’s why the Mississippi D-O-T is...