Water Crisis in Jackson, Miss., Drags Into Third Day
Water Crisis in Jackson, Miss., Drags Into Third Day.
Democrat Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, self-described socialist who has described himself as a political revolutionary, acknowledges they may need up to $1B in federal aid to fix the water crisis.https://t.co/ZisaDj734s— CulturalHusbandry (@APhilosophae) August 31, 2022
More than 150,000 people in Jackson, Miss., faced a third day of unreliable running water on Wednesday as officials scrambled to repair the capital city’s neglected water infrastructure and provide clean drinking water.
A water crisis that officials said was decades in the making crescendoed Monday when flooding overwhelmed the city’s main water-treatment plant, slowing water pressure across Jackson. Residents who had complained about having to boil tap water during previous crises now faced a new challenge as they waited for state and city officials to distribute bottled water.
On Tuesday, President Biden approved the governor’s request for an emergency declaration, deploying federal resources to Mississippi’s largest city. Gov. Tate Reeves said it could take three or four months to repair the plant.
“This is not a situation that is going to be solved immediately,” he said at a Tuesday press conference.
Much of the city came to a halt this week as the public schools moved online and businesses struggled to operate without reliable running water.
The crisis also exacerbated longstanding tensions between the city’s Democratic-led government and the state’s mostly Republican leaders who have disagreed over how to run the city’s infrastructure, policing and other services.
Jackson’s main water-treatment plant, which should normally handle around 50 million gallons of water a day, pumped around 30 million gallons on Tuesday, said Jim Craig, director of health protection for the state’s health department.
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“The city is faced with two colliding but distinct funding problems: One, the city’s infrastructure is only getting older and past administrations did not plan for inevitable future capital investments, as is true in many aging cities. Two, the loss of customer base and pervasive billing troubles have left the water department without a feasible revenue model for regular operations and maintenance.”
https://mississippitoday.org/2021/03/24/why-jacksons-water-system-is-broken/
“Racism” is cited a cause for this water problem. I got in trouble a while back when a Missionary came to our church begging for thousands of dollars for huge well-drilling machinery to be used in Africa to get Africans drinking water. I asked the guy: “Don’t they have shovels and men with strong backs in Africa?” The guy’s jaw dropped. I guess I ask the wrong questions. Here’s a maxim as old as dirt;
“There is no FREE LUNCH; neither is there no FREE WATER.”
My 1838 farmstead in central OH has a four seasons springhouse, a few other hillside “seeps,” a huge pond, a creek running through it and is about a click from a major river. Water was THE MAIN CONCERN of every family living here from day one. It was back-breaking work getting and maintaining potable water.
You either WORK FOR your water or YOU PAY FOR your water, such as a municipal or village system.
The highest point of our place holds our honored cemetery burial plots where veterans of EVERY conflict in America rest, beginning with Amassa Flaherty, who fought with GEN Washington, who actually signed his discharge paper in 1783. Family men fought in the War of 1812, Mexican War, War between the States, WW1, WW2, Korea, and Vietnam.
ALL worked hard to get their water or paid for it. End of story.
Well said.
Ask Chokwe what happened to the 300 million the city got a few years back to upgrade the water system.
Replying to Centurion Cornelius: I agree. Louis Farrakhan says that all technology and science originated in Africa. If so, shouldn’t they be able to dig their own wells?
Come next spring I will have worked 30 years designing water well stations, water treatment, and wastewater treatment. I’ve watched disasters like this and Flint, MI unfold for a long time. I have no sympathy for them. A good engineer can solve their problems. We are however not free of charge, especially on systems that size. 50 MGD is not a small water system to run and its certainly not racist to expect a municipality to be responsible and maintain what they have, and if they cannot be responsible then the state through their regulation should take over operation and bill them for it. The states I work with carry big sticks in enforcement and will hit you with them if you are not responsible. I’m dealing with a client currently that has a nitrate issue in a well for public water consumption and the State’s Dept. of Natural Resources referred them to the Department of Justice to ensure a proper solution resolves the issue. And guess what, I’m know evaluating and coming up with that proper solution to protect the public, the solution likely will not be inexpensive.
You get what you vote for.
If that were true, Trump would be in the White House right now.