The governor of Mississippi has announced that water in the City of Jackson is now safe to drink again after residents were forced to boil water before drinking for several weeks.
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Gov. Tate Reeves and Jackson officials said in separate announcements that the state health department"We have restored clean water to the city of Jackson," Reeves said during a news conference. Emergency repairs are still underway after problems at Jackson’s main water treatment plant caused most customers to lose service for several days in late August and early September."It is possible, although I pray not inevitable, that there will be further interruptions," Reeves said."We cannot perfectly predict what may go wrong with such a broken system in the future."
Even before the rainfall, officials said some water pumps had failed and a treatment plant was using backup pumps. The state health department had set the boil-water notice because of cloudyThe National Guard and volunteer groups have distributed millions of bottles of drinking water in Jackson since late August.
Lumumba told Ford:"You’re not begging for water. You deserve it. And nobody should make you feel like you’re begging. Nobody should make you feel as if you’re simply trying to take advantage." Jackson frequently has boil-water notices because of loss of pressure or other problems that can contaminate the water. Some of the mandates are in place for only a few days, while others last weeks.
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