Race/Related: The water crisis in Mississippi’s capital

The troubled water system is among a crippling array of challenges that confront Jackson, a majority Black city. 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Residents were advised to not drink the city’s water after a water purification plant failed following years of neglect and recent flooding.Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times ‘We’re Just Crumbling’ [Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRk9bkXP0S-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvcmljay1yb2phcz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDkwMyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD03MDk5MCZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTAzNTUxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpjBBc0E2MG8xKgUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) By [Rick Rojas](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRk9bkXP0S-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvcmljay1yb2phcz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDkwMyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD03MDk5MCZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTAzNTUxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpjBBc0E2MG8xKgUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) National Correspondent JACKSON, Miss. — More than 150,000 people in Mississippi’s capital were without access to safe drinking water on Tuesday, forcing officials to tackle what they described as the “massively complicated task” of distributing bottled water and devising a plan to restore service without a firm sense of how long that would take. The water system in Jackson, the state’s largest city, has been in crisis for years, hobbled by aging and inadequate infrastructure and, many in the city argue, a failure to devote sufficient resources to fix it. Residents [have long contended with disruptions](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRk9bkXP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMy8xMi91cy9qYWNrc29uLW1pc3Npc3NpcHBpLXdhdGVyLXdpbnRlci1zdG9ybS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwOTAzJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTcwOTkwJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMDM1NTEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmMEFzQTYwbzEqBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) in service and frequent boil-water notices, including one that had already been [in effect for more than a month](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRk9bkXP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2xidC5jb20vMjAyMi8wNy8zMS9yZXNpZGVudHMtcmVhY3QtYm9pbC13YXRlci1ub3RpY2UtaXNzdWVkLWNpdHktamFja3Nvbi8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMjA5MDMmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NzA5OTAmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEwMzU1MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYwQXNBNjBvMSoFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) because of cloudiness in water samples. But the situation worsened dramatically this week as officials said that the city’s largest water treatment plant was failing, pushed to the brink by torrential rains. Homes and businesses were left with little to no water pressure, schools switched to virtual learning, and hospitals brought in portable restrooms as a vital element of a functioning city suddenly collapsed. “Until it is fixed, it means we do not have reliable running water at scale,” Gov. Tate Reeves of Mississippi said during an emergency briefing on Monday evening. “It means the city cannot produce enough water to fight fires, to reliably flush toilets, and to meet other critical needs.” And, he added, it was unclear how long it would take to fully restore service. The troubled water system is among a crippling array of challenges that confront Jackson, a majority Black city that has struggled with chronic poverty and high crime as well as access to even the most basic public services, including reliable trash pickup and regular road repairs. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRk9bkXP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTQ5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMDkwM1cDbnl0QgpjBBc0E2MG8xKgUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ “We’re just crumbling,” Anna Hart, 36, who grew up in the city, said as she sat in her car outside of a community center that was her last stop in an afternoon trying unsuccessfully to get water for herself and her four children. “It’s chaos!” “It’s like, ‘Forget about Jackson!’” Ms. Hart said, describing the disregard she believes others in Mississippi have for residents of the capital city. Jackson might be the seat of power for the state government, yet many in the city contend that the water system is a glaring example of how the community has been starved of investment and attention. For decades, the city’s population has been shrinking, an exodus propelled in large part by the flight of white residents — along with their tax dollars — to surrounding affluent suburbs where, by and large, the water on Tuesday was flowing just fine. The water crisis has stoked tensions between the Republican-led state government and the Democratic city leadership. On Monday, when the governor called an emergency briefing, the mayor of Jackson, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, was not included. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRk9bkXP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTc3JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMDkwM1cDbnl0QgpjBBc0E2MG8xKgUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ In a news conference on Tuesday, Mr. Lumumba expressed gratitude for the state’s support — even though, he added, it was help the city had long been waiting for. “We’ve been going it alone for the better part of two years,” Mr. Lumumba said, adding, “We are in a constant state of emergency.” Many residents showed little interest in the political squabbling and doubted that the government at any level could truly correct the city’s water problems. “They won’t even fix potholes,” Frank Leggett said as he stood in his front yard on the north side of Jackson. “How are they going to do the water?” [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRk9bkXP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMDkwM1cDbnl0QgpjBBc0E2MG8xKgUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ The situation is exasperatingly familiar for many in Jackson, as the reliability of the city’s water system has been undermined by repeated failures in recent years. In 2021, the system was upended for weeks after a powerful winter storm bombarded Mississippi with snow and ice, causing pipes and water mains to burst. “They like to do a lot of patchwork, and it comes to a time where patchwork doesn’t do it,” Deandra Coleman said as she waited in her car outside a water distribution site. At Jackson State University, a historically Black institution with a campus not even two miles from the State Capitol, administrators moved to virtual classes, brought in portable restrooms and had a considerable stash of bottled water available, as members of the university’s dining staff had learned from past experience to squirrel away as much as they could for the next inevitable disruption in city service. “Unfortunately but fortunately, we have become veterans of this,” said Thomas K. Hudson, the president of Jackson State, who grew up in the city. “We have an idea of exactly what needs to happen almost intuitively.” Mr. Hudson said that by Tuesday afternoon, it seemed that water pressure had modestly increased in some places on campus, which bolstered his optimism. Even so, he said that did not negate the need for an intensive overhaul of the water system. He said the fragile infrastructure was stifling Jackson’s potential. “You’re seeing in real time the results of neglect,” Mr. Hudson said. “It really hampers you in your efforts to elevate,” he added, “because you spend so much time and so many resources dealing with basic needs and basic services.” Read the rest of the story [here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRk9bkXP0TdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wOC8zMC91cy9taXNzaXNzaXBwaS1qYWNrc29uLXdhdGVyLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMjA5MDMmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NzA5OTAmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEwMzU1MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYwQXNBNjBvMSoFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). “She did things on her own terms and propelled herself to greatness, doing so in a sport that felt by design that it was off limits to Black people,” said Lolita Jackson of New York.Michelle V. 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