Water crisis in Miss. enters fourth week
FILE – In this Feb. 22, 2021, file photo, Doris Devine in Jackson, Miss., stores containers with potable water provided by City of Jackson councilman and State Rep. De’Keither Stamps in her tub. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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UPDATED 10:50 AM PT – Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Some residents in Jackson, Mississippi are entering their fourth week without access to safe drinking water. According to reports Tuesday, officials in the city of nearly 200,000 people are still restoring water service that was depleted by a winter storm in February.
The storm brought bitter cold temperatures to the south, causing as many as 80 local water main pipelines to freeze and crack. This rendered water pressure inadequate. As a result, residents remain under a boil notice, which was originally issued on February 16.
Many residents living across the city of Jackson in Mississippi remained under a boil water order on Wednesday, more than two weeks after a series of brutal winter storms walloped several southern states.