The Only State Capital Where You Can’t Drink the Water

A summary of the Jackson Mississippi water crisis to date. 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...

19 min - Planet & Climate - Practical Engineering

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