After months of notices of boiling water and weeks of no water, four residents of Jackson, MS sued the state of Mississippi.
Jackson MS is floundering. No water. Schools are cancelled. The state’s EBT fell yesterday. Hot weather!!! And our Mayor thinks he’s Drake.. someone come pick us up
– owtside ️ (@nettesweets) August 30, 2022
The Clarion-Ledger report that a class-action lawsuit has been brought against the state capital for years during the ongoing water crisis.
The lawsuit seeks damages against “various government and private technology defendants for neglect, mismanagement, and maintenance errors that resulted in an environmental disaster that killed more than 153,000 area residents.” Jackson area no safe running water. “
Lieff Cabraser, attorney for the plaintiff, said:
All families have access to clean and safe water. Government officials turn a blind eye to contaminated water and let the infrastructure of a major American city fall into disrepair that doesn’t represent or care for their people. This lawsuit is about bringing justice – and safe, clean water – to the Jackson community.
As before reportMore than 150,000 Jackson residents were without water for weeks in August.
For years, the city of more than 163,000 people, with more than 80 percent black, has faced problems with aging infrastructure and a lack of resources to produce a commensurate system.
A boiling water notice was issued a month before the city declared a state of emergency over the water crisis, New York Times newspaper.
To date, city dwellers can use safe water.
