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All Jackson water customers now have water running through their faucets although some areas of the city are still experiencing low water pressure, Public Works Director Charles Williams said Monday. Today we feel very confident that all of our residents on the connection side are receiving their water, Williams said at a press conference in front of City Hall.
Jackson still remains under a citywide boil water notice, meaning the water is still unsafe to drink unless it is boiled first.
Williams said the notice could be lifted for all 43,000 customers on the city s surface water system in the next couple days.
JACKSON, Mississippi – Less than 2 miles from the Mississippi s Capitol building, an elderly Black man hoards water.
James Brooks, 78, keeps rows of plastic containers of water at his Jackson home filled with varying shades of gray, yellow and brown water. On the porch. In the kitchen. In the bathroom. Water from the tap, water from Walmart, water from the melting snow on the roof of his car, boiled water, distilled water, most of it collected drip by drip and stored. There are so many gallon containers it is hard to walk among them, especially for his wife, Jean, who uses a cane.
There is still no federal disaster declaration in Mississippi as the city of Jackson enters the fourth week of its water crisis. That is likely to change in the next week, state officials said.
Several southern states have been approved for emergency declarations that open the door for federal assistance amid recovery from brutal winter storms that knocked out power and water services to millions in February.
President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration for Texas on Feb. 20. He approved another for Louisiana Tuesday.
Gov. Tate Reeves has until March 21 to submit a declaration to the White House and FEMA. State Sen. John Horhn said Tuesday he expects the declaration to be sent by the end of next week. The governor s press secretary, Bailey Martin, said in an email the state is still in the process of requesting federal assistance.
bring more than 1,900 cases of bottled water to Jackson.
When the storms hit, Land said he was also under a boil water advisory, but his problems resolved after a few days. He said he s never heard of an outage lasting nearly as long as the one in Jackson and felt compelled to help. I saw the news story and figured I needed to do something, he said.
Land said after talking with others
in the organization, he spoke with his father, Jeff Land, and began coordinating how to bring water to the Charles Clark American Inn of Courts in Jackson.