Resolving Jackson’s water woes rests on a plan, funding, and being ready ‘to pull the trigger’

The number one thing the city of Jackson needs to do to solve its water crisis?

Hire the right experts to develop a first-class plan so the city can get all the funding it needs to repair its crumbling system, said Rengao Song, a water quality and treatment expert who works as an adviser to the Louisville, Kentucky, city water system.

With Jackson's water and sewer struggling, the metro's suburbs are jumping ship

Sometime around 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 5, the mayor of Byram got a phone call.

It was Public Works Director Bill Miley, calling to tell him a water main had burst. Again. Some people would be without water, and those that had water would need to boil it before drinking, an all too common event.