JACKSON, Miss. — The ongoing water system issues in Jackson, Mississippi, continue to impact residents in the new year. The latest issue is impacting Jackson Public Schools on the day that students were supposed to return from winter break.
On the same day, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba gave a rousing speech celebrating federal money that the Mississippi capital is due to receive to fix its crumbling water infrastructure.
Lumumba announced that the city is closer than it has been since the start of the water crisis to providing safe drinking water for its residents through the $1.7 trillion federal omnibus bill that passed just before the end of 2022. But the announcement comes as Jackson Public Schools had to initiate virtual learning for all its students because of low to no water pressure in 29 of its schools.
"They have been affected in a major way," Hatfield said."It's just so off-and-on, as soon as one thing gets fixed then something else happens." "This transformative funding not only ensures water infrastructure improvements," Lumumba said."But will increase the overall quality of life of all Jacksonians and neighboring ratepayers."
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