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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.
Jackson’s already-frail water system suffered a dayslong outage over the summer, in a crisis that sparked national outrage and called attention to the decades of water struggles in the city of ...
Broken pipes left thousands of residents of Jackson, Mississippi, without running water Monday after a winter storm as the city struggled to return pressure to its frail water system.. Jackson ...
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 15, 2024 at 12:52 PM. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — “Layers of inadequate oversight and enforcement” by state and federal agencies contributed to a water crisis in Mississippi's capital city ...
The entrance of the O.B.Curtis Water Treatment Plant can be seen on on O.B. Curtis Drive in Ridgeland, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. More than $22 million in federal aid is available for the city of ...
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 ...
Funds earmarked for repairs at Jackson’s main water treatment plant that failed in August. JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Mississippi officials on Friday approved the city of Jackson’s request for $35 ...