Mississippi National Guard members are deploying to Jackson to help with water distribution, officials say, as they grapple with an ongoing water crisis plaguing residents.
August 31, 2022, 7:40 PMVolunteers help to carry bottles of water at a water distribution site in Jackson, Miss., Aug. 31, 2022.Six hundred Mississippi National Guard members will deploy to Jackson starting Thursday to help with water distribution, officials said Wednesday, as theyNo 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.
Officials said there would be no reliable running water in Jackson, which will impact up to 180,000 people until the pump is fixed.
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