‘When will water crises end?’ South Jackson residents want to know

Ward 6 City Councilman Aaron Banks asked his constituent Ed Coles to stand at a town hall meeting last week at Glory Empowerment Center on Maddox Road.

Clarion Ledger independently tested 16 samples of Jackson's water. Here's what we found

The Clarion Ledger and the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting teamed together to commission an investigation of the City of Jackson's water.

News, Mississippi News, Public Health, TaintedJerry MitchellSeptember 19, 2022Mississippi water crisis, pipes burst, no water, clean water, testing water, health problems, drinking water, boil water alerts, drinkable water, useable water, Mississippi spotlight, Clarion Ledger

With long-term Jackson water fix in mind, leaders ask the mayor: Where’s your plan?

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said Tuesday that the city has had “many, many plans” to fund repairs for its beleaguered drinking water system.

News, Mississippi News, Mississippi SpotlightJerry MitchellSeptember 8, 2022Jackson's water system, Tainted, water outage, tap water, infrastructure, city of Jackson, water filtration, Mississippi water, boil water notice, water crisis, water pressure, Mayor Lumumba, no water, plan to fix water, funding

Come get your free $800 water testing to help you and the state have better water

What do these Mississippi counties have in common? Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Covington, Franklin, Greene, Issaquena, Jasper ,Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Monroe, Montgomery, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Panola, Quitman, Scott, Sharkey, Smith Tippah, Webster, Wilkinson and Yazoo?

News, Mississippi News, Public Health, TaintedJerry MitchellJuly 19, 2022Mississippi water crisis, pipes burst, no water, clean water, testing water, consumer reports, health problems, drinking water, boil water alerts, drinkable water, useable water, Mississippi spotlight

Help us test water quality in Mississippi. Is your water safe?

When two winter storms struck the city of Jackson last year, it wasn’t the snow. It wasn’t the ice. It was the water.

News, Mississippi News, Public Health, TaintedJerry MitchellJune 15, 2022Mississippi water crisis, winter storms, pipes burst, no water, clean water, testing water, consumer reports, health problems, drinking water

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.

Jackson water system still vulnerable 1 year after crisis

A year after winter storms ripped through Jackson and caused a monthlong water outage for residents, officials say there’s a chance the city’s water system could fail again.

News, Mississippi NewsJerry MitchellFebruary 16, 2022Jackson's water system, Tainted, Troubled Waters, bottled water, drinking water, winter storms, water outage, no water, low water pressure, tap water, repair fund, Mississippi House, Rep. Shanda Yates, repairs