More than $100 million in funding has been distributed for repairs to Jackson, Mississippi’s beleaguered water system, President Biden announced Tuesday, the first tranche of more than half a billion dollars appropriated by Congress.
“For years, the people of Jackson, Mississippi, have suffered the consequences of aging water infrastructure,” Biden wrote in a statement. “Last summer, the city’s water system reached a crisis point when a major flood aggravated longstanding problems in the system and left tens of thousands of people without any running water for days on end. Long before then, families in Jackson lived under the constant threat of boil water orders.
” He said the funding would go to “priority areas” to ensure that “we get everyone safe, affordable drinking water and continue to give them safe affordable drinking water as we restore the entire integrity of the system.” “This process takes years, but people should not question the quality of their drinking water,” Regan said. In August 2022, Jackson’s water system was already suffering from largely systemic issues like old, leaky pipes and malfunctions at treatment plants.
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