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Federal Emergency Management Agency personnel arrived at the O.B. Curtis treatment plant on Friday to provide technical assistance as Jackson restores pressure in its...

In their first shared press conference since both declaring states of emergency for the city’s rundown water system, Gov. Tate Reeves and Jackson Mayor...

Days after an emergency was declared over Jackson’s water system, Hinds County’s youth detention center located in the city is getting by with bottled...

Mississippi Today’s data and environment reporter Alex Rozier talked with Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd about recent developments in the Jackson water crisis that...

One month before the city of Jackson water system began failing, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency assessment team flagged numerous system problems in a...

The drinking water system in Jackson — Mississippi’s largest city and home to more than 160,000 residents — is failing, state officials announced on...

Many college students are using portable showers and toilets as Jackson’s water emergency causes little to no water pressure on campuses throughout the city,...

In light of a citywide water crisis, officials say the Jackson Fire Department has enough water to respond to fires. “By the grace of God...