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The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the US a 'C-' overall for its drinking water systems.

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the US a 'C-' overall for its drinking water systems.

Months after Jackson's water crisis made headlines, community members and activists say national attention has died down and donations and volunteers have dwindled as challenges still persist.

Months after Jackson's water crisis made headlines, community members and activists say national attention has died down and donations and volunteers have dwindled as challenges still persist.

Jackson’s water issues echo infrastructure struggles across the Gulf South, resulting in nearly 1,800 lawsuits over the past year and attention from the EPA.

Oxfam is proud to support our local partners in the water emergency, but in the long run, we believe this work should be in the hands of public institutions, and that every community should be guaranteed a clean, potable, reliable water supply.

(JACKSON, Miss.) -- Jackson, Mississippi, resident Velma Warner says the city's most recent flooding brings up memories of two years past, when Pearl River floo

Brad Vest/Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) -- Jackson, Mississippi, resident Velma Warner says the city's most recent flooding brings up memories of two years past, when Pearl River floods forced many in the Canton Club neighborhood of Northeast Jackson to leave their homes. Though Warner and her family had time to prepare their home for potential water breach, the effect flooding would have on the city's water supply posed another–not entirely unpredictable–issue, she says. One month...

Liberal media outlets and figures blamed a long-running water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi on racism in the wake of Gov. Tate Reeves declaring an emergency.

The residents of Jackson, Mississippi, share how the water crisis has impacted their lives.