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Emerson Williams, a member of New Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, left, hands out a bottle of hand sanitizer and reusable face masks to a resident, Monday, March 1, 2021, at a Jackson, Miss., water distribution site on the church s parking lot. Non-potable water as well as bottled water was provided for area residents and was being distributed at seven sites in Mississippi s capital city â more than 10 days after winter storms wreaked havoc on the city s water system because the system is still struggling to maintain consistent water pressure, authorities said. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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City officials are continuing efforts to restore water to some pockets of Jackson Monday, nearly two weeks after winter storms affected the region.
During a news conference Monday, Jackson Public Works Director Charles Williams said the city s water system is still in the process of stabilizing itself. Pressure was near optimum levels on Sunday, but that has since fallen, Williams said.
Residents in south Jackson and some western pockets of the city still have little to no service as of Monday. Williams said he s aware people are suffering, but wanted to stress that crews are working as hard as they can to get water flowing to those areas.
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