Jackson Mayor Wants More JXN Water Engagement, Says More Road Repairs Coming
Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba said he wants JXN Water to engage more with the community and promised more road repairs coming soon.
Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba said he wants JXN Water to engage more with the community and promised more road repairs coming soon.
Brooke Floyd writes about the ongoing problem of Jackson’s water crisis and the lack of transparency from JXN Water.
Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba called renewed efforts for a state takeover of Jackson’s water system an “effort to seize control of a Black city.”
Lawmakers are renewing efforts to create a regional utility authority to take over the Jackson water system after a similar bill failed last year.
Roughly 12,000 Jackson residents are currently dealing with low or no water pressure following a series of broken pipes and high usage during the cold,
JXN Water, the entity in control of Jackson’s water system, is challenging a state-imposed boil water notice for the cities of Jackson and Flowood after tests detected e. Coli in the water. Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Henifin suggested Thursday that the Mississippi State Department of Health’s Public Health Laboratory may have accidentally contaminated its own samples with E. coli.
The State of Mississippi issued boil water alerts after detecting E. coli. in the water supply in the cities of Jackson and Flowood.
Jackson residents said issues and concerns remain a year after JXN Water’s Ted Henifin took over the water system despite significant improvements.
JXN Water Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Henifin’s new proposal would lower water rates for Jackson residents who receive SNAP food assistance.
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