There was a boil water alert for several weeks while the National Guard was deployed to hand out bottles to the population. The state government in Mississippi is almost exclusively white and does not express much sympathy to the residents of Jackson. The lawsuit claims that the City of Jackson has the responsibility of providing clean and consistent water resources to its residents. National Water Crisis Worsening in the U.S.What has taken place in Jackson during the last several years is representative of a national problem related to providing clean and affordable water resources for the people. What resulted was the poisoning of an entire majority African American municipality where thousands were sickened resulting in numerous deaths.

Source: ABC News September 21, 2022 03:12 UTC