Jackson to lose running water for unknown amount of time: Mississippi governor

Mississippi capital: Water everywhere, not a drop to drink

Jackson officials are distributing bottled water, a university is using temporary restrooms, and people who do have water are boiling it to wash dishes.

Mississippi capital doesn’t have drinkable water and doesn’t know when it will

Both the state's governor and president Biden have declared a state of emergency to try to resolve multiple problems that have been decades in the making.

In Mississippi’s capital, water’s everywhere, but there’s not a drop to drink

Parts of Jackson are without running water because flooding exacerbated longstanding problems at a water-treatment plant. The city of 150,000 had already been under a boil-water notice for a month

Mississippi capital: Water everywhere, not a drop to drink

Water has caused a crisis in Mississippi’s capital city. There has been too much on the ground after heavy rainfall in the past week, and not enough safe water coming through the pipes for people to use.

Mississippi capital: Water everywhere, not a drop to drink

The city of 150,000 had already been under a boil-water notice for a month because the Health Department found cloudy water that could cause digestive problems. Long lines have formed each day for limited supplies of bottled water at distribution sites.

‘Do not drink the water’: Mississippi's capital turns off its taps

Jackson, Mississippi, residents are being warned not to drink or use any water without first boiling it. Heavy rainfall has overwhelmed the plants that supply the city’s clean water, throwing longstanding maintenance issues into a national spotlight.