- Title: The failed Mississippi water plant at the heart of Jackson's water crisis
- Date: 30th August 2022
- Summary: JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 30, 2022) (REUTERS) SIGN THAT READS "O.B. CURTIS WATER TREATMENT FACILITY" VEHICLES LEAVING THE PLANT SIGN WITH HOURS OF OPERATION POSTED ON FENCE SURROUNDING WATER PLANT EXTERIOR OF FACILITY TRUCK ENTERING THE FACILITY VARIOUS OF SIGN BEARING THE NAME OF THE FACILITY
- Embargoed: 13th September 2022 20:10
- Keywords: Curtis Mississippi crisis facility plant water
- Location: JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, UNITED STATES
- City: JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,United States
- Reuters ID: LVA001161930082022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The state of Mississippi on Tuesday (August 30) was scrambling to bring a long-neglected water treatment plant in its capital city back on line a day after it broke down, leaving about 180,000 residents without potable running water, possibly for days.
City officials say the issue at the O.B. Curtis Water Plant was caused by complications from recent Pearl River flooding.
The floods created complications at the water treatment plant, which sits next to a reservoir that drains into the river just north of town, the city said in a statement.
Governor Tate Reeves said state officials on Tuesday were to establish an incident command center at the water plant, which had been operating with smaller back-up pumps after the facility's main pumps were severely damaged.
Reeves declared a state of emergency for Jackson, with 150,000 residents, and surrounding communities where 30,000 more people live, warning residents not to drink the water.
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