JACKSON, Miss. — Six hundred Mississippi National Guard members will deploy to Jackson starting Thursday to help with water distribution, officials said Wednesday, as they grapple with an ongoing water crisis plaguing residents.
No timeline was given when the water pumps at Jackson's O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant will be fixed, but 72 hours of bad weather has caused significant service interruptions at the plant, Gov. Tate Reeves said at a press conference Wednesday.
"There is a tremendous amount of work to be done at the O.B. Curtis plant," he said."There will be future interruptions; they are not avoidable at this point."Officials said there would be no reliable running water in Jackson, which will impact up to 180,000 people until the pump is fixed. State officials also warned residents not to drink the water from the pipes if they could avoid it, adding that if they must use the water, then boil it first.
"Don't open your mouth in the shower and don't give your pets the water," Jim Craig, the senior deputy and director of the state's office of health protection, said at Wednesday's news conference.Reeves declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, allowing state officials to better help in Jackson.
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