Jackson Restaurant owners say they simply cannot afford for the water problem to continue. Over 46 Jackson restaurant owners, operators and chefs have set a letter to Jackson City officials as well as Hinds County and Mississippi state elected officials, begging for a solution to the city’s continued water woes. The letter cites two water outages and three boil water notices in just over one year. In order for restaurants to maintain safe dining during these boil water notices or outages, they are forced to add additional operating methods to ensure safe operations, some which include:Obtaining ice from water safe sources – sometimes as far away as Meridian. The letter sent to officials begged for solutions and pointed out that there were not enough financial resources in the industry to continue operating under these constant water issues.

Source: Washington Post August 11, 2022 02:24 UTC