{"id":1195218,"date":"2022-08-30T23:28:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T23:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/30\/mississippi-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-for-jackson\/"},"modified":"2022-08-30T23:28:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T23:28:11","slug":"mississippi-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-for-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/30\/mississippi-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-for-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Governor Declares State Of Emergency For Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n                                <!--  --><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">According to multiple reports, the leaders in Mississippi are stepping in and trying to find a resolution quickly amid a water crisis in the state\u2019s capital. Governor Tate Reeves acted quickly and declared a state of emergency for all Jackson residents. As we reported earlier, the city\u2019s main water treatment facility failed on Monday. Officials blame longstanding water system problems and this week\u2019s river flooding.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ch5qRY7vr_S\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Governor Reeves told residents, \u201cDo Not Drink the Water,\u201d according to CNN. In a written statement, he said that as long as Jackson lacks reliable running water, the city \u201ccannot produce enough water to reliably flush toilets, fight fires, and meet other critical needs.\u201d State officials say that the National Guard has been called to help with the distribution as crews work to get the water treatment plant back online. They will distribute drinking and non-drinking water to up to 180,000 city residents.<\/p>\n<p>The state is also setting up a tanker system to provide water for fire trucks as Jackson loses the ability to take water from fire hydrants. Currently, residents of all ages were seen waiting in lines more than a mile long for at least two hours Tuesday for just one case of bottled water. One of our Roommates shared with us video footage of the long lines.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Jackson has been having water issues for a long time. During a news conference Monday, Jackson\u2019s Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said it was only a matter before the water system failed because Jackson\u2019s water system has faced serious issues for years. Mayor Lumumba stated, \u201cI have said on multiple occasions that it\u2019s not a matter of \u2018if\u2019 our system would fail, but a matter of \u2018when\u2019 our system would fail,\u201d the mayor said, adding that the city has been \u201cgoing at it alone for the better part of two years\u201d when it comes to the water crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts are with those affected by this crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p> fbq('init', '1743561565887263'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script>(function (d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s);\n                    js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.4&appId=\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to multiple reports, the leaders in Mississippi are stepping in and trying to find a resolution quickly amid a water crisis in the state\u2019s capital. Governor Tate Reeves acted quickly and declared a state of emergency for all Jackson residents. As we reported earlier, the city\u2019s main water treatment facility failed on Monday. 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