Jackson Lifts Boil-Water Order After Treatment Plant Fire
(AP) — A boil-water notice has been lifted for Mississippi’s capital city after an electrical fire at a water treatment plant caused pressure to drop.
City officials announced May 3 that they’re lifting the boil advisory for all city connections that are served with water from the Ross Barnett Reservoir. A few Jackson water customers served by wells were never ordered to boil their water.
An electrical fire in a control panel led the city to shut down one of its treatment plants for hours Friday morning, decreasing pressure in the system. That decreased pressure led to the boil order. Some restaurants closed.
A winter storm that coated large parts of the South in snow and ice in February caused machinery at one of Jackson’s water treatment plants to freeze. That left parts of the city without water for weeks, and the entire city remained under a boil water notice for a month because of low pressure.
Related News
From Archive
- Three Houston workers killed by hydrogen sulfide leak during sewer repair
- Trump's tariffs drive $33 million cost increase for Cincinnati sewer project
- TxDOT advances massive drainage tunnel beneath I-35 in Austin
- Funding approved for $1.3 billion, 60-mile water reuse system in southern Utah
- Is the Boring Company tunneling blind in Nashville? Experts warn rock tests fall short
Comments