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After more than 150,000 people were without safe water on Tuesday morning, the Jackson, MS, residents took to Twitter to express their frustrations with the city\u2019s water system.<\/p>\n
<\/blockquote>\nAs officials attempted to pass out bottled water, they described the task as a \u201cmassively complicated task\u201d while trying to revise a plan to solve the issue.<\/p>\n
For years, the city of over 163,000 people, with over 80% being Black, has faced issues with aging infrastructure and a lack of resources to produce an adequate system.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ve had to boil water for the past month because of \u201ccloudy samples,\u201d the New York Times reports.<\/p>\n
Residents expressed their concerns on social media.<\/p>\n
One person tweeted:<\/p>\n
\nNo running water in Jackson. The heat index is 102 degrees. Schools and universities are closed. No way to cook, clean, bathe. This is capital city, and the biggest city in Mississippi. #jxnwatercrisis<\/p>\n
\u2014 Brittany Brown (@isthatbritt) August 30, 2022<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Another person tweeteed:<\/p>\n
\npic.twitter.com\/SBF6YZXOmp<\/p>\n
\u2014 i \u2764\ufe0fhoochie shorts \u2757\ufe0f (@nettesweets) August 30, 2022<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
This week, the situation became abundantly clear that the system was getting worse and unable to sustain the city adequately.<\/p>\n
\u201cUntil it is fixed, it means we do not have reliable running water at scale,\u201d Gov. Tate Reeves of Mississippi said during an emergency briefing on Monday evening.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means the city cannot produce enough water to fight fires, to reliably flush toilets, and to meet other critical needs.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a result, schools and businesses have closed, and it\u2019s unclear when officials will be able to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n
The water shortage is likely to last the next couple of days,\u201d city officials said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n