State officials have said Jackson residents will be without drinkable water “indefinitely.” Jackson, Mississippi’s capital city, is home to roughly 150,000 people with another 30,000 in surrounding communities affected
the cause of the crisis to flooding of the Pearl River, but Governor Reeves has said the exact cause was unknown and likely a result of an undermaintained and “poorly run” city-managed water treatment plant.
Residents have been directed not to drink the tap water, which Reeves warned is “raw water from the reservoir being pushed through the pipes.” Local government efforts to distribute bottled water are underway, but the cityRepairing the state’s water system will take considerable time and funding, but in the meantime, there are a number of ways to help Jackson residents amid the crisis. Below, a few suggestions.
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