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.

Jackson water plant still ‘a couple years’ from winter protection

Nearly one year ago, thousands of residents in Mississippi’s capital city without water for weeks when a winter storm shut down the city of Jackson’s main water treatment plant.

Fixing Jackson's infrastructure a matter of politics, access to resources for beleaguered city

The 1990s saw a dramatic change in Jackson's racial makeup. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, nearly 35,000 white residents fled the city from 1990 to 2000. The white population dropped dramatically while the Black population continued to rise.

Jackson's water system marked by a century of struggles

Nearly a hundred years ago, Jackson's leaders were just as concerned about its water infrastructure as they are today, but for different reasons.