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    Residents Without Safe Drinking Water in Jackson, Mississippi After Flooding, Treatment Plant Failure

    Residents Without Safe Drinking Water in Jackson, Mississippi After Flooding, Treatment Plant Failure

    The failure of the main water treatment plant in Jackson, Mississippi, means 180,000 people in the capital city and its surrounding areas will be without reliable drinking water for the foreseeable future. Governor Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency, while bottled drinking water and non-potable water to be used in toilets were distributed to […]