Jackson’s Water Still Undrinkable, Boil Order Continues

The Guardian reports:

Residents in Jackson, the majority-Black capital city of Mississippi, now have water coming out of their taps once again, but are still having to boil it before drinking, as they have had to intermittently for years.

It is a step forward from the situation last week, when floods overwhelmed the city’s dilapidated main water treatment plant and essentially interrupted water supply across the entire city, affecting more than 160,000 residents.

Water quality testing is still in the preliminary stages, even as some residents continued to report coffee-colored water in their taps. Once full testing commences, two days of successful testing at numerous sites across the city are needed for health officials to declare Jackson’s water safe to drink.

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Photo: Gov. Tate Reeves.

The Friday clip below has 11.9 million views.

“Some of (Jackson)’s pipes are a century old, and Jackson is also the target of ongoing lawsuits from residents who say its old lead pipes poisoned them and stunted their growth as children.”

Read mine and @nickjudin‘s Jackson update for @GuardianUS:https://t.co/3X24jBBmnT

— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) September 10, 2022

My water just now in Jackson, MS pic.twitter.com/LFfat03dCv

— Molly Minta (@mintamolly) September 9, 2022