Posted on 08/30/2022 12:41:33 PM PDT by EBH
The drinking water system in Jackson — Mississippi’s largest city and home to more than 160,000 residents — is failing, state officials announced on Monday. Thousands of Jackson residents already have no or little water pressure, and officials cannot say when adequate, reliable service will be restored.
The city water system has been plagued with problems for years, including tens of thousands of residents losing water between one and three weeks during a 2021 winter storm.
At a press conference Monday night, Gov. Tate Reeves said the city’s largest water treatment plants may be completely down.
“The O.B. Curtis plant is not operating anywhere near full capacity,” Reeves said. “We may find out tomorrow it’s not operating at all. We’ll have better visibility on that when we get in there tomorrow.”
Reeves announced he would sign an emergency declaration for the capital city’s water system and create an “incident command center” to distribute water to the city’s residents beginning Tuesday morning.
“Until it is fixed, it means we do not have reliable running water at scale,” Reeves said. “It means the city cannot produce enough water to fight fires, to reliably flush toilets, and to meet other critical needs.”
(Excerpt) Read more at mississippitoday.org ...
I wonder who the mayor there is?
The Honorable Chokwe Antar Lumumba!!!!
And now let’s play, “Let’s Find The Nearest Republican and Blame Them!”
Hmmm. Guess which party!
He is the son of former mayor Chokwe Lumumba, who served briefly before his death in 2014.
Johnny and June Carter Cash sing
I’m going to JACKSON!
1967, in a world long gone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3NJC18Oi04&ab_channel=JohnnyCashShow
Are the Mayor and Governor both Democrats?
Which not surprisingly coincides with the last time a Republican held office there.
“How fast is the USA sinking to third-world sh!thole status?”
As fast as the DemocRATs, universities, and the media can push it.
And we need a mass-extinction of the above to prevent it.
Nope - governors an R.
Red state, blue city.
160,000 people affected...
and they cannot flush the toilets.
I would have no problem digging a hole in my backyard...I may not like it...but it's bio degradable....and the grass will be greener..
They wanted Africa, they got it!
This issue should be highlighted on all republican candidate speeches and slogans
Vote republican or you will not have water due to democrat incompetence
Democrats cut the water to want to ensure you don’t flush them down the drain!
I’m guessing some blue (red) turkey.
Oh, they’ll blame the Republican Governor for it.
Holy Crap! So it’s basically the water system equivalent of DC’s Metrorail system.
Democrat held territory
The Republican Governor's name is Tate Reeves. From today's WSJ:
The water crisis in Jackson had exacerbated longstanding
tensions between the Republican-dominated state government
and the Democratic-dominated city government over services,
policing, infrastructure and other issues.In 2021, Gov. Reeves suggested the state might consider taking
over the city’s water system. City officials have rejected
such proposals in the past.
Just think of all the green energy they will be saving by not having to run the municipal water pumps.
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