Jackson mayor: residents face ‘longer road ahead’ before safe water is restored
by Edward Helmore in New York and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#638B5)
Precariousness of water system remains before services are fully restored after infrastructure failure, Chokwe Antar Lumumba says
The mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, where 150,000 people are still without safe drinking water after an infrastructure failure, said on Sunday residents face a much longer road ahead" before services are fully restored in the majority Black city.
Speaking to ABC's This Week, Chokwe Antar Lumumba said there had been improvements, with water pressure restored to a majority of residents.
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