Fewer than 5,000 customers without water in Jackson, Miss. By Associated Press/Report for America
Published: March 7, 2021, 1:52pm
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3 Photos Mississippi Army National Guard Sgt. Chase Toussaint, right, and Staff Sgt. Matthew Riley, both with the Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site of Camp Shelby, place bottled water into a vehicle, Monday, March 1, 2021, at a Jackson, Miss., water distribution site on the New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church parking lot. In addition, the guardsmen maintained a tanker with non-potable water for flushing toilets. Similar sites are maintained through the capital city, more than 10 days after winter storms wreaked havoc on the city s water system because the system is still struggling to maintain consistent water pressure, authorities said. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Some residents are still without water over two weeks into the city s ongoing water crisis, as city officials say improvements continue to be made.
Public Works Director Charles Williams said Thursday more residents in the city were experiencing normal water pressure to their faucets.
But Williams did not provide an update of how many more residents have had water restored since Wednesday, when he estimated about a quarter of the city s 43,000 customers remained without water.
Some pockets of south Jackson, largely in higher-elevated areas, are still having water pressure issues. Council President Aaron Banks, who oversees the area, said he has seen progress in recent days. He said Friday morning that a small portion of residents there remained without water. Most of the outages were centered in communities off of McCluer Road, he said.
Fewer than 5,000 water customers were still without service Friday afternoon in Mississippi's capital city of Jackson. Public Works Director called the development "positive progress."
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