[Wildman78]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Justice Department made a rare intervention Tuesday to try to bring improvements in the beleaguered water system in Mississippi's capital city, which nearly collapsed in late summer and continues to struggle.

The department filed a proposal to appoint a third-party manager for the Jackson water system. That is meant to be an interim step while the federal government, the city of Jackson and the Mississippi State Department of Health try to negotiate a court-enforced consent decree, the department said in a news release. The goal is to achieve long-term sustainability of the system and the city’s compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act and other laws.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/justice-department-intervenes-for-struggling-water-system/ar-AA14HDo4?cvid=87bcc79f8f744d8d910e7c33de5c35bb

[JAG89]

It's sad that the Justice Department has to step in to solve this problem when there were state agencies that once monitored municipal water systems for corrective measures needed to keep systems safe. But Republican control states gutted those agencies leaving municipal systems broken, especially those that mainly serve minority communities. 

[EB]

DOJ Takes Legal Action Over Mississippi Capital's Drinking Water Crisis
The federal government hopes to appoint an interim third party in charge of managing the problem with Jackson's water system.

By Lydia O'Connor
Nov 29, 2022, 04:20 PM EST

In response to the drinking water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a set of legal actions Tuesday that it hopes will result in an interim third party coming in to address lingering concerns.

The court filings come a week after Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) lifted a state emergency declaration about the city’s drinking water supply, which became unsafe to drink after a storm overwhelmed the majority Black city’s already plagued water treatment system in late August and left residents without safe tap water for drinking, washing and other daily uses well into September.

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[soflorattler]

What about Flint??