State of emergency declared in Mississippi due to water crisis.
The governor of the US state of Mississippi announced a state of emergency in the state capital due to the water crisis.
The governor of the state of Mississippi in the south of the United States announced that 160,000 people in Jackson, the capital of the state, are facing the problem of fresh water supply, and announced the establishment of a state of emergency in the state due to the lack of water.
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said in a press conference that the situation is an emergency: the city does not have enough water to deal with fires, washing and other essential needs.
He called the major defects in the infrastructure of the water treatment system of the city of Jackson and the damage caused by the recent flood to the water infrastructure as one of the major and long-term problems of the capital of Mississippi.
According to the report of Anatolia news agency, the water crisis has put many people in this state in the supply of drinking water and in some cases completely dehydrated.
Mississippians have been under a boil water order for more than a month, but the current problem goes beyond that. State officials have asked people not to use the available water for cooking and brushing their teeth because they are worried about running out of water so that people can’t even clean their toilets!
Delbert Husman, one of Mississippi state officials, also said in a press conference that the city’s water and sewage treatment system, which serves 250,000 people, is on the verge of complete collapse, and we are concerned about the health and safety of citizens.
Reuters news agency called the water shortage crisis in Mississippi a complete crisis and wrote that life in this state has been disrupted due to water shortage.
