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Federal funds both ‘huge’ and ‘not near enough’ for Mississippi’s rural water problems
Federal funds both ‘huge’ and ‘not near enough’ for Mississippi’s rural water problems

LELAND — The Black Bayou Water Association, which now connects to nearly 3,000 rural customers in the Delta, was started about 30 years ago by a rice and soybean farmer with no water service experience.

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Stopping pollution from worn down water systems will be costly
Stopping pollution from worn down water systems will be costly

Four of the state’s larger cities – Jackson, Hattiesburg, Meridian and Greenville – are all under federal consent decrees to stop pollution from their worn down sewer and wastewater systems.

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