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A public health crisis in and around the city of Jackson, Mississippi, began in late August 2022 after the Pearl River flooded due to severe storms in the state. [1] The flooding caused the O. B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, the city's largest water treatment facility, which was already running on backup pumps due to failures the month prior, to stop the treatment of drinking water indefinitely.
Tens of thousands of people were left without safe drinking water for weeks in 2021 and 2022 due to lack of oversight, an EPA report says. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — “Layers of inadequate oversight ...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — “Layers of inadequate oversight and enforcement” by state and federal agencies contributed to a water crisis in Mississippi's capital city that left tens of thousands ...
August 31, 2022 at 10:56 PM. This coverage of the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, is available to all readers. ... More on Jackson water crisis:Jackson, MS Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba ...
Image: A line of cars snakes past several city blocks as workers with the Mississippi Rapid Response coalition hand out bottled water to Jackson, Miss., residents on Dec. 27, 2022.
Clouds are reflected off the city of Jackson’s O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Facility’s sedimentation basins in Ridgeland, Miss., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022.
Updated December 27, 2022 at 1:44 PM. Broken pipes left thousands of residents of Jackson, Mississippi, ... Frigid temperatures have exacerbated the water crisis in Jackson.
JACKSON, Miss. — The burden of Jackson's latest water crisis has fallen on the shoulders of this city's youngest and most vulnerable residents. Latest crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, comes amid ...