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A volunteer loads water into a waiting car at New Hope Baptist Church Friday afternoon. The water giveaway was provided by the Lefleur’s Bluff Chapter of The Links, Inc. in partnership with the Mississippi Food Network. -
A volunteer loads water into a waiting car at New Hope Baptist Church Friday afternoon. The water giveaway was provided by the Lefleur’s Bluff Chapter of The Links, Inc. in partnership with the Mississippi Food Network. -
Water is loaded into vehicles during a water giveaway at New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson. The water giveaway was provided by the Lefleur’s Bluff Chapter of The Links, Inc. in partnership with the Mississippi Food Network. -
Volunteers load water into vehicles at New Hope Baptist Church Friday afternoon in Jackson. The water giveaway was provided by the Lefleur’s Bluff Chapter of The Links, Inc. in partnership with the Mississippi Food Network. -
Water is loaded into vehicles during a water giveaway at New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson. The water giveaway was provided by the Lefleur’s Bluff Chapter of The Links, Inc. in partnership with the Mississippi Food Network. -
Rachel McBride, 5, passes out facemasks for those who need them during a water giveaway at New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson Friday afternoon. -
Volunteers load water into vehicles at New Hope Baptist Church Friday afternoon in Jackson. The water giveaway was provided by the Lefleur’s Bluff Chapter of The Links, Inc. in partnership with the Mississippi Food Network. -
Volunteers load water into vehicles at New Hope Baptist Church Friday afternoon in Jackson. The water giveaway was provided by the Lefleur’s Bluff Chapter of The Links, Inc. in partnership with the Mississippi Food Network. -
Volunteers load water into vehicles at New Hope Baptist Church Friday afternoon in Jackson. The water giveaway was provided by the Lefleur’s Bluff Chapter of The Links, Inc. in partnership with the Mississippi Food Network. -
Volunteers load water into vehicles at New Hope Baptist Church Friday afternoon in Jackson. The water giveaway was provided by the Lefleur’s Bluff Chapter of The Links, Inc. in partnership with the Mississippi Food Network. -
Partial road closure on North West Street near Millsaps College as work crews repair a waterline. -
Motorists traveling north on North West Street are re-routed to side streets in Mid-Town as crews repair a waterline near Millsaps College in Jackson. -
Motorists traveling north on North West Street are re-routed to side streets in Mid-Town as crews repair waterlines in Jackson. -
Motorists traveling north on North West Street are re-routed to side streets in Mid-Town as crews repair waterlines in Jackson. -
A motorist ignores the ‘Road Closed’ and ‘Detour’ signs on North West Street near Milsaps College. Work crews are repairing a waterline where North West intersects with Wesley Avenue. -
A work crew repairs a waterline at the intersection of North West Street and Wesley Avenue in Jackson. -
A work crew repairs a waterline at the intersection of North West Street and Wesley Avenue in Jackson. -
A city of Jackson Water Maintenance crew repairs a broken waterline Saturday on Pascagoula Street. Crews continue to repair the waterlines across the city in order to restore water to homes after severe winter storms crippled the state. -
A city of Jackson Water Maintenance crew works to repair a broken waterline Saturday on Pascagoula Street. Crews continue to repair the water lines across the city in order to restore water to homes after severe winter storms crippled the state. -
Water pumped from a hole dug by a water maintenance crew on Pascagoula Street in Jackson to repair a broken waterline Saturday. Crews continue to repair waterlines across the city in order to restore water to homes after severe winter storms crippled the city and state. -
A city of Jackson Water Maintenance crew repairs a broken waterline Saturday on Pascagoula Street. Crews continue to repair waterlines in order to restore water to homes after severe winter storms crippled the city and state. -
A city of Jackson Water Maintenance crew works to repair a broken waterline Saturday on Pascagoula Street. Crews continue to repair the water lines across the city in order to restore water to homes after severe winter storms crippled the state. -
Water is pumped from a large hole dug by a city of Jackson Water Maintenance crew working to repair a broken waterline Saturday on Pascagoula Street. Crews continue to repair the water lines across the city in order to restore water to homes after severe winter storms crippled the city and state. -
Water is pumped out as a city of Jackson Water Maintenance crew works to repair a broken waterline Saturday on Pascagoula Street. Crews continue to repair the water lines across the city in order to restore water to homes after severe winter storms crippled the state. -
A city of Jackson Water Maintenance crew works to repair a broken waterline Saturday on Pascagoula Street. Crews continue to repair the waterlines across the city in order to restore water to homes after severe winter storms crippled the city and state. -
A city of Jackson Water Maintenance crew works to repair a broken waterline Saturday on Pascagoula Street. Crews continue to repair the waterlines across the city in order to restore water to homes after severe winter storms crippled the city and state. -
A city of Jackson Water Maintenance crew works to repair a broken waterline Saturday on Pascagoula Street. Crews continue to repair waterlines in order to restore water to homes after severe winter storms crippled the capital city and the state. -
Nearly 1000 cases of bottled water were donated by Mississippi Food Network CEO Dr. Charles Beady, Jr. for a giveaway Saturday morning at St. Luther M. B. Church in Jackson. -
Volunteers of all ages with St. Luther M. B. Church, the Jackson Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi with middle and high school students they mentor, the “Kappa Gents”, load bottled water into vehicles Saturday at St. Luther M. B. Church in Jackson. Nearly a 1000 cases of bottled water were donated for the giveaway by the Mississippi Food Network. -
Volunteers including Mississippi Food Network CEO Charles Beady, Jr. (right), load bottled water into vehicles Saturday at St. Luther M. B. Church in Jackson. Nearly a 1000 cases of bottled water were donated for the giveaway by the Mississippi Food Network. -
Mississippi Food Network CEO Dr. Charles Beady Jr. prepares to load a case of water into a waiting vehicle Saturday morning at St. Luther M. B. Church. Nearly 1000 cases of bottled water were donated by the Mississippi Food Network for the giveaway in Jackson. -
A “Kappa Gents” volunteer loads bottled water into a vehicle Saturday at St. Luther M. B. Church in Jackson. “Kappa Gents” are middle and high school students mentored by the Jackson Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi. Nearly a 1000 cases of bottled water were donated for the giveaway by the Mississippi Food Network. -
Volunteers of all ages with St. Luther M. B. Church, the Jackson Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi with middle and high school students they mentor, the “Kappa Gents”, load bottled water into vehicles Saturday at St. Luther M. B. Church in Jackson. Nearly a 1000 cases of bottled water were donated for the giveaway by the Mississippi Food Network. -
A “Kappa Gents” volunteer loads bottled water into vehicles Saturday at St. Luther M. B. Church in Jackson. “Kappa Gents” are middle and high school students mentored by the Jackson Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi. Nearly a 1000 cases of bottled water were donated for the giveaway by the Mississippi Food Network. -
Volunteers load bottled water into vehicles Saturday at St. Luther M. B. Church in Jackson. Nearly a 1000 cases of bottled water were donated for the giveaway by the Mississippi Food Network. -
Young and older volunteers with St. Luther M. B. Church, the Jackson Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi with middle and high school students they mentor, the “Kappa Gents”, load bottled water into vehicles Saturday at St. Luther M. B. Church in Jackson. Nearly a 1000 cases of bottled water were donated for the giveaway by the Mississippi Food Network. -
St. Luther M. B. Church members and the Jackson Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi with the middle and high school students they mentor, the “Kappa Gents”, load bottled water into vehicles Saturday at St. Luther M. B. Church in Jackson. Nearly a 1000 cases of bottled water were donated for the giveaway by the Mississippi Food Network. -
Young and older volunteers with St. Luther M. B. Church, the Jackson Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi with middle and high school students they mentor, the “Kappa Gents”, load bottled water into vehicles Saturday at St. Luther M. B. Church in Jackson. Nearly a 1000 cases of bottled water were donated for the giveaway by the Mississippi Food Network. -
A volunteer with the Jackson Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi loads bottled water into a motorist’s truck Saturday at St. Luther M. B. Church in Jackson. Nearly a 1000 cases of bottled water were donated by the Mississippi Food Network for the water giveaway. -
Volunteers load boxes filled with non-perishable items including bottled water, fruit, chicken and vegetables into waiting vehicles lined up at the Arts Center of Mississippi Saturday. The donations were provided by the Greater Jackson Arts Council in partnership with the Reuben Anderson Center for Justice. -
Volunteers load boxes filled with non-perishable items including bottled water, fruit, chicken and vegetables into waiting vehicles lined up at the Arts Center of Mississippi Saturday. The donations were provided by the Greater Jackson Arts Council in partnership with the Reuben Anderson Center for Justice. -
A volunteer loads boxes filled with non-perishable items including bottled water, fruit, chicken and vegetables into waiting vehicles lined up at the Arts Center of Mississippi Saturday. The donations were provided by the Greater Jackson Arts Council in partnership with the Reuben Anderson Center for Justice.
Jackson’s long-term infrastructure problems are far from over, but the crisis the mid-February winter storm left on the city’s residents has been largely addressed.
The city’s large-scale water service disruptions are over for most residents, with the remaining incidents of low or no water pressure being mostly caused by faulty water meters or broken pipes at individual buildings.
A historic winter storm beginning on Feb. 14 froze water plant equipment and burst many pipes in the capital city, and at least 40,000 residents — mostly Black — were without water for about three weeks.
On Friday, a spokeswoman for the city said she does not know how many of Jackson’s 43,000 water connections were down after the winter storm but that the number of calls to the city’s help line to report service issues had greatly diminished.
Of the 126 reported water main breaks since the winter storm, 80 have been repaired, 7 are ready for repair and 39 are yet to be confirmed.
The city’s next hurdle is removing the boil water notice for its 43,000 surface water connections. City leadership has not presented a timeline for this, but hopes to be able to submit samples over the weekend. The city lifted its boil water notice for its 16,000 well water connections on Wednesday, but this affects a small number of customers in South Jackson as well as the cities of Terry and Byram.
City leaders, who have neglected funding the water system for decades, say they need major investment from the state to repair system, which is estimated to cost at least $1 billion. State lawmakers are debating how to address the water crisis before they are scheduled to leave Jackson on April 4.
READ MORE: Lawmakers consider Jackson water crisis options as end of session nears
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