Residents of Mississippi's capital are ending the year unable to count on clean running water in their homes after a freezing winter storm brought a fresh crisis to Jackson's beleaguered water infrastructure.
Residents of the majority-Black city say their main water treatment plant has been poorly maintained and funded for years. In August,
It would likely take until Saturday at the earliest to find and fix the leaks, restore the water pressure and perform safety tests, he said.A volunteer drinks water during a break at a water distribution site as the city of Jackson is to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely after the water treatment plant pumps failed, leading to the emergency distribution of bottled water and tanker trucks for 180,000 people, in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S., September 2, 2022.
Primm, 61, said the latest crisis stemmed from decades of underfunding of the city by the majority-white state government, beginning in the 1970s when white residents began to leave the city in ever-swelling numbers. Now, more than 80% residents are Black.that the problems stem from incompetence and corruption at the local level.
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