Water crisis in Mississippi capital developed during failures in oversight, watchdog says

Water crisis in Mississippi capital developed during failures in oversight, watchdog says

JACKSON, Miss. — JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — “Layers of inadequate oversight and enforcement” by state and federal agencies contributed to a water crisis in Mississippi’s capital city that left tens of thousands of people without safe drinking water for weeks in 2021 and 2022, a watchdog agency says. The Mississippi State Department of Health did … Read more