Broken pipes leave thousands of residents in Jackson, Mississippi, without running water after a winter storm, as the city struggles to return pressure to its frail water system.
“drastic temperatures," which dipped to a low of 11 degrees on Thursday, and said crews were working with the Environmental Protection Agency to restore pressure.
“There’s no water pressure for most residents in Jackson, again,” state Rep. Ronnie Crudup said Monday. “During this holiday season, it’s a different struggle because people have family, guests and everything else for Christmas, and there is no water.” This is just the latest challenge to hit Jackson’s beleaguered water system, which suffered a dayslong outage over the summer and has previously failed during cold weather.The city set up water distribution sites in several parts of Jackson over the weekend and on Monday. Officials asked residents to refrain from reporting pressure loss, noting that the city is “well aware of the system pressure issues.
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