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The mayor estimates that and overhaul could cost billions. there are still more hurdles to jump through. >> i do want to forewarn you another issue we may experience, as they are able to increase their pressure at the plant to levels that has not seen in many years, the challenge then becomes whether we have pipes rupture across the city. we know that we have brittle pipes we have aged pipes, just as our water facility treatments are aged. until there is a long term fix, residents here in jackson are left to wonder when their water will be safe to use. julian, back to you. >> gracie, thanks. e...

Forced to close and there isn't enough water to fight fires in the state's capital. parents are worried about their children's health during this crisis. >> fever, headaches, they've got chills, all of that. i traced everything back to it was the water. >> reporter: residents are left waiting on hours' long lines for water. >> i've been in line maybe almost an hour. >> it's been rough. >> somebody got to do something. >> reporter: the city's water problems have been ongoing for years and there's been a boil water advisory in effect since july. >> this has been an issue for me since i came down...

To when things will get back to normal. our team at nbc news has been on the ground since day one and i want to play something that one mom told one of my colleagues here. watch. >> i'm very frustrated. it's very sad because the whole community is suffering. this has been going on for too long to not have it figured out by now. >> this isn't the first time, even in the last year, that jackson has faced water problems. the governor has said he knew it was only a matter of time before the city's already unreliable water system failed. was this a systemic failure in mississippi in your view? >> y...

. up to 200,000 people in jackson, mississippi are still without water. mega distribution sites are stocked with truckloads of water bottles but residents are being turned away since demand is so high. officials still can't say when the water will be safe again. >> i do want to be clear and set expectations that there will be future interruptions, including the one today. they are not avoidable at this point and they will be as limited in time as we can possibly make them. >> the predominantly black city has been plagued with water problems for decades. in 1988 a study found that city leader...

Them. the epa has been trying to work with the city, yet there's still been holdups, even when it comes to hiring people for the water facility itself to keep it running. they knew it was hang. the fact they've been under a boil warning for the last month is absurd that this is where we are right now. but again, it is when public servants fail to do their dang jobs and can't even do the basics. >> scott. >> yeah, i think this is one of the worst run city in america. you're upset with governor reeves but this mayor and this city council has utterly failed, councilman bank we had on, he's been i...