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(disclaimer: I'm not a resident or any kind of expert, but I did read the article down to ~August 30th.) The "crisis" referred to appears to mean the recent lo
by wcarss 4y ago
(disclaimer: I'm not a resident or any kind of expert, but I did read the article down to ~August 30th.)
The "crisis" referred to appears to mean the recent loss of pressure throughout the system, which happened after the boil water advisory, active since July 29th. The boil water advisory should be considered a crisis of its own, I agree, but the loss of pressure meant many could not get even basic washing and toilet use done, which made international news.
The article is written in a difficult to follow reverse chronological format, but it is clear from its contents that ~24 hours after the arrival of the Corps (at a time when other services were already working on the problem and had likely made big progress), pressure in the system was increased to about 86 psi and nearly the entire system had water supply again: the immediate, primary, news-worthy crisis was then resolved, and has since stayed resolved.
Beyond that, work has been done to achieve the higher target pressure desired (also done), get production up and clean out contaminated tanks and beds (mostly done), and to set things up for the full test needed to remove the advisory (not yet done, but anticipated to be soon).
The headline is a strange fact to pick out in all this, but it does seem to be essentially true.
- ars 4y agoIt's not a strange fact, it's another way of saying that the leadership of Jackson is so incompetent that they can't even fix something that takes just 24 hours to repair once competent people arrive onsite. From you news you might imagine they had some huge disaster that would take weeks to fix, but actually it's pure incompetence.
- andirk 4y agoA serious water crisis like this can be attributed to lack of funds, a series of unfortunate events, and/or incompetence. Flint was incompetence but more like intentional criminal acts. If the Corps fixed the Jackson issues in a day or two, then those state/local officials are not fit for their jobs. Right? What am I missing?
- throwayyy479087 4y agoNo it’s racism by the water treatment plant designers
- freeslave 4y agoThey may have water now, but it isn't drinkable. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/10/running-water-returns-in-mississippi-capital-but-its-still-undrinkable https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/10/running-wate...
- jcranmer 4y agoI don't know if the rules have changed (or if it was a state or federal rule), but when we lost water pressure due to a hurricane, the boil water advisory had to be maintained for 72 hours after pressure had been restored purely for regulatory reasons. (This isn't a knock on the regulation--it actually makes a lot of sense. A loss of water pressure means that groundwater can seep into the water pipes where previously clean water was leaking into groundwater, and it will take a couple of days for any such intruded groundwater to be flushed out of the water pipes. This is merely me trying to point out that a boil water advisory being maintained after a pressure loss doesn't contradict the possibility that the problem has actually been fixed.)