The Justice Department filed a proposal in federal court Tuesday that, if approved, would grant it the authority to appoint an interim water manager in Jackson, Mississippi, as the city attempts to recover from the near-collapse of its water system earlier this year.
Both the city and state health departments tasked with overseeing Jackson’s water supply have signed off on the proposal, the Department of Justice and the Department of Energy said in a statement.
If approved, it would install a third-party manager, Edward “Ted” Henifin, a professional engineer with 40 years of public works experience, in the interim. Henifin would have the authority to operate and maintain the city’s drinking water system and to oversee the implementation of near-term priorities, such as a winterization project to help protect the system against winter storms.
Henifin would also be given temporary authority to run the city’s Water Sewer Business Administration, which oversees user billing, and to implement capital improvements to Jackson’s public drinking water system.
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