Mississippi, Jackson: ‘No Water To Drink Or Flush Toilets’
August 31, 2022
5:09 am
Approximately 180,000 people in Mississippi have been left without access to clean drinkable water after heavy rainfall and flooding.
Rising floodwaters over the weekend breached the city’s main water treatment facility, bringing it to the brink of collapse.
A state of emergency has been declared, and schools, restaurants and businesses have temporarily closed.
The city had already been under a boil-water notice for a month.
Problems at the OB Curtis Water Plant began after heavy rains caused the Pearl River to crest and spill over onto city streets over the weekend.
City hall confirmed on Monday that river water had
