Flooding in the Pearl River area combined with a lack of updated infrastructure has led to both total water outages and a boil notice since June in Jackson, Mississippi, the capital of Mississippi. “Currently large numbers have nothing come out of their taps, and for those that do, it must be boiled before being consumed.”
“Every public drinking water system in the country is vulnerable to a natural disaster …. But many are not actually prepared to respond in the way they’re going to need to be.” said Andrew Whelton, environmental engineer at Purdue University.
It is still unknown when the City will be back online in full as Friday there was continued setbacks in the way of chemical imbalances and pressure issues.