Dark brown water spewed from a faucet in Jackson, Mississippi as a boil-water notice was in place amid the city’s water crisis.
August 30, 2022, 8:51 PMBottled water is carried to a residents car by a recruit at the Fire Department in Jackson, Miss., Aug. 18, 2022.Staffing shortages, system issues and multiple equipment failures have led to a crisis where Jackson, Mississippi, residents have lost running water for an indefinite amount of time, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said at a press conference on Tuesday.
At least 180,000 people will go without reliable drinking water indefinitely in Jackson after pumps at the main water treatment plant failed this week, officials said. A firefighter puts cases of bottled water in a resident's SUV at the Fire Station as part of the city's response to longstanding water system problem in Jackson, Miss., Aug. 18, 2022."The state is marshaling tremendous resources to protect the people of our capital city," Reeves said at the conference.
Residents have lined up on roads and highways throughout the city to get to water distribution sites. A portion of Highway 489 washed away due to flood water in Newton County near Marrow Road, Miss., in a photo released by Highway Safety Patrol, Aug. 24, 2022.Jackson has been under a boil water notice since July 29.Lumumba told ABC News Live Prime on Tuesday that Jackson doesn't just need a sustainable system, but also an equitable one.
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