The City of Jackson, Mississippi's water system — already severely degraded from years of deferred maintenance, infrastructure failures, and previous winter storm damage — failed completely during flooding in late August 2022, leaving the state capital's 150,000 residents without safe running water for weeks. The O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, overwhelmed by flooding and equipment failures, lost the ability to produce water with sufficient pressure. Residents could not flush toilets, hospitals operated under extreme stress, and the National Guard distributed bottled water. The crisis lasted weeks and revealed the catastrophic consequences of decades of infrastructure disinvestment in a majority-Black city. Federal intervention was required.
The City of Jackson, Mississippi’s water system — already severely degraded from years of deferred maintenance, infrastructure failures, and previous winter storm damage — failed completely during flooding in late August 2022, leaving the state capital’s 150,000 residents without safe running water for weeks. The O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, overwhelmed by flooding and equipment failures, lost the ability to produce water with sufficient pressure. Residents could not flush toilets, hospitals operated under extreme stress, and the National Guard distributed bottled water. The crisis lasted weeks and revealed the catastrophic consequences of decades of infrastructure disinvestment in a majority-Black city. Federal intervention was required.
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// Incident Details
| Incident Date | 20220829 |
| County | Hinds County MS |
| State | Alabama |
| Severity | Critical |
| Published | August 29, 2022 |
| Source | EPA / Mississippi DEQ |