challenges mayor lumumba hopes water service will be restored by the end of the week but some other local officials are skeptical. they had to stop services today because they had a 10 million gallon tank that had to be dispersed and pumped out and refilled so they could bring that water, the new water up to quality standards to send out into the system. as to when we will be able to have it back the way it should be, i m hoping we will have that in a week or two weeks. reporter: as a result of the issues at the city s water facility, some residents are left with no water, others left with low water pressure or even brown water. it s devastating as a father because, you know, we are the providers of the for the family and right now we are just crippled. reporter: mississippi has deployed the national guard and president joe biden approved an emergency declaration tuesday. schools and businesses have been
them. the epa has been trying to work with the city, yet there s still been holdups, even when it comes to hiring people for the water facility itself to keep it running. they knew it was hang. the fact they ve been under a boil warning for the last month is absurd that this is where we are right now. but again, it is when public servants fail to do their dang jobs and can t even do the basics. scott. yeah, i think this is one of the worst run city in america. you re upset with governor reeves but this mayor and this city council has utterly failed, councilman bank we had on, he s been in office since 2017. they ve known about the water problems in jackson for quite some time. i think the infrastructure bill that passed according to what i learned from the governor s office today is actually going to end up funding some of the fixes in jackson along with some state money. it does take time to do that, but i think local leadership matters. it s mayors and city councils that manage t
drinking, sanitation, or to fight fires, or even send their kids to school. instead, they spent tuesday in lines for hours in the heat to get one case of bottled water until officials ran out of supplies earlier than expected. many were turned away with nothing the. director of emergency state management said several distribution sites will be set up by thursday, in the meantime people turn to stores hoping to find water before the shelves are emptied. it s very frustrated try and find. what are you gotta buy five cases wires to stay hydrated. it s scary, because you don t know if anything is gonna get, done or if it s going to be done. afterwards, i get off late, come in the store, and it s empty. the reason for this, matt potential rain led to flooding and flooded the water facility. national guard troops train for
of water until the water ran out. and after spending their day like this in 90-degree temperatures, many were turned away from the distribution event at hawkins airfield. the director of the state emergency management says seven distribution sites will be set up by thursday. in the meantime, people turned to stores where the shelves are nearly bare. it s very frustrating. it s very frustrating to have to fight for some water, you know what i m saying. you got to mess around and buy five cases of water just to stay hyd hydrated. reporter: it s just kind of scary. we don t know when anything s going to get done. you come in the store and it s empty. water we re talking about. let s back up and talk about how we got here. moderate flooding in jackson, mississippi, crippled the city s largest water facility. national guard troops trained for the devastation of hurricanes, they ve been deployed, but this is not a disaster, some once in a
water will be restored to the residents. but he said this is going to be an uphill battle because of the complexities when it comes to fixing the pipes at this main water facility since it faced decades of neglected maintenance. i do want to talk to you about what is happening here, jim and poppy, we re at a distribution site of non-potable water, you see the water tanker here behind me at forest hill high school in jackson, mississippi. doesn t look like the demand is very high. we re told that it should get busier during the afternoon. we spoke with several people driving by and asking us where can we find some drinking water? that s where the demand is right now. so there is still no reliable running water right now in this capital city. if the water is coming out, we re hearing from residents who say the water is tinged with a brown color, people being forced to brush their teeth with bottles of water, not able to shower because the water pressure is so low, no air conditioning eve