Por: The Advocate Business September 29, 2022
Saltwater the Mississippi River is threatening public and industrial water supplies in Plaquemines Parish and New Orleans, triggering a plan by the Army Corps of Engineers to build an underwater levee in the river channel to block its flow.It also forced Plaquemines officials to issue a drinking water advisory on Wednesday for residents between the Empire Bridge and Venice because of two salt-related substances found in the water. The parish... + full article
Associated Press USA Tech September 29, 2022
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drought upriver has left the Mississippi River so low and slow that farther than usual along the bottom toward New Orleans and threatening drinking water, the Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday.The Corps plans an underwater levee to block the wedge of... + más
Underwater levee in the Mississippi? Here's the plan to protect the region's drinking water | The Advocate
Low water on the Mississippi River impacting barge traffic | Associated Press
Associated Press USA Business September 28, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In a federal complaint Tuesday, the NAACP said Mississippi officials “all but assured” a drinking water calamity in Jackson by depriving the state’s majority-Black capital city of badly needed funds to upgrade its infrastructure. The organization... + más
NAACP says Jackson's water problems are civil rights issue | WPLG Local 10
Lawsuit seeks repairs to troubled Mississippi water system | Associated Press
WPLG Local 10 USA Politics September 28, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – In a federal complaint Tuesday, the NAACP said Mississippi officials “all but assured” a drinking water calamity in Jackson by depriving the state’s majority-Black capital city of badly needed funds to upgrade its infrastructure. The organization asked... + más
NAACP says Jackson's water problems are civil rights issue | Associated Press
Associated Press USA Health September 27, 2022
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — The federal government wants to work with officials in Mississippi’s capital city to reach a legal agreement that ensures Jackson can sustain its water system in the future, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan said Monday. Federal... + más
EPA preparing plan to help fix Jackson's water system | WPLG Local 10
WPLG Local 10 USA Health September 26, 2022
The federal government wants to work with officials in Mississippi's capital city to reach a legal agreement that ensures Jackson can sustain its water system in the future, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan said Monday. Federal attorneys also sent... + más
EPA preparing plan to help fix Jackson's water system | Associated Press
The Boston Globe USA Nation September 22, 2022
Residents of North Attleborough and Plainville have been ordered to boil their tap water before using it after a water sample tested positive for E. coli, according to an advisory from the Town of North Attleborough’s Board of Public Works.On Wednesday, the town was notified... + más
E. coli outbreak in 6 states linked to ground beef from HelloFresh meal kit | 10 WBNS
Jackson, Mississippi, residents sue officials over water crisis | ABC News
Associated Press USA Health September 20, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new class-action lawsuit seeks to force Mississippi’s capital city to fix its , including removal or repair of pipes and equipment contaminated with lead.The suit was filed Friday in federal district court, a day after the state health department told... + más
Our Views: Consider Jackson water crisis a warning for Louisiana, and the nation | The Advocate
Racism seen as root of water crisis in Mississippi capital | Associated Press
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