A boil-water notice has been lifted in Mississippi’s capital city after nearly seven weeks.
“We have restored clean water,” Reeves said during a news conference.
Problems started days after torrential rain fell in central Mississippi, altering the quality of the raw water entering Jackson’s treatment plants. That slowed the treatment process, depleted supplies in water tanks and caused a precipitous drop in pressure. The National Guard and volunteer groups have distributed millions of bottles of drinking water in Jackson since late August.in the U.S. The city has a shrinking tax base that resulted from white flight, which began about a decade after public schools were integrated in 1970. Jackson’s population is more than 80% Black, and about 25% of its residents live in poverty.
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