The Only State Capital Where You Can’t Drink the Water
发布时间 2023-02-21 14:00:28 来源
摘要
A summary of the Jackson Mississippi water crisis to date.
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Last August, a flood took out the aging water system in Jackson, Mississippi, leaving nearly everyone in the City without water. Only a few months later, arctic weather broke so many pipes in the city that residents again lost access to water, some for nearly two weeks, continuing one of the worst water crises in American history.
IMPORTANT LINKS
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2022 Testimony of Abre’ Conner: https://naacp.org/sites/default/files/documents/Abre%27%20Conner%20-%20HS%20Hearing%20Testimony%209.19.22.pdf
Brooking's Institute Article: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2021/03/26/in-jackson-miss-a-water-crisis-has-revealed-the-racial-costs-of-legacy-infrastructure/
White Flight in Jackson: https://www.mississippifreepress.org/24739/the-fearless-11-the-impact-of-white-flight-and-integration-in-jackson-miss
MSDH Jackson Water Crisis Webpage: https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/30,0,76,720.html
EPA Jackson Water Crisis Webpage: https://www.epa.gov/ms/jackson-ms-drinking-water
Most of the timeline and summary information included in the video comes from this source: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-11/U.S.%20v%20City%20of%20Jackson%20MS%20Complaint%20w%20Attachments_Filed.pdf
MSEMA Incident Command Briefs: https://www.msema.org/jackson-water-crisis-2022/
Is Water a Human Right? https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2021-09/FactSheet35en.pdf
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