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EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan, speaks with reporters about the efforts underway to deliver a sustainable water system for Jackson, Miss., residents on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, at Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Council to vote on EPA plan to fix Mississippi water system
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG AND EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,11/16/22-5:59PM , 150 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Officials in Mississippi's capital city are scheduled to vote Thursday on a proposed agreement with the federal government for how to fix the city's water system, which came dangerously close to collapsing more than two months ago.
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announces the state-imposed boil-water notice has been lifted in Mississippi's capital city after nearly seven weeks during a Sept. 15, 2022, news conference in Jackson, Miss. Reeves responded Monday, Nov. 7, to a congressional probe into the crisis that left 150,000 people in the state's capital city without running water for several days in late summer. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi governor responds to probe of Jackson water woes
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG AND EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,11/07/22-6:34PM , 125 Reads
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves Monday released his response to a congressional investigation of the crisis that left 150,000 people in the state's capital city without running water for several days in late summer.
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Mary Gaines a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments displays contaminated water in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Some improvement seen as Jackson water woes continue
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG AND EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,09/01/22-11:58AM , 112 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi officials set up emergency distribution centers for handouts of water and hand sanitizer Thursday in the capital city of Jackson, as efforts to restore a flood-impaired, long-troubled water system continued.
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In this photo provided by Pastor Bryant May, rain water covered Bierdeman Road in Pearl, Miss., Wednesday, Ag. 24, 2022. Several buildings on the street were flooded, including an outlet store and a church. (Pastor Bryant May via AP)

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Rapid rainfall floods buildings and highways in Deep South
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG AND EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,08/25/22-10:28AM , 119 Reads
PEARL, Miss. (AP) — Large fans hummed noisily Thursday to try to dry out the carpet at The Exchange Church, a day after storms rapidly dumped several inches of rain and pushed water into the one-story brick building in central Mississippi.
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