After months of boil water notices and weeks of not having water, 4 Jackson, MS residents have sued the state of Mississippi.
Jackson MS is in shambles. No water. Faculties cancelled. State EBT was down yesterday. It’s scorching!!! And our Mayor assume he Drake.. somebody come get us
— owtside ❗️ (@nettesweets) August 30, 2022
The Clarion-Ledger stories {that a} class motion lawsuit has been introduced towards the state’s capitol for years of an ongoing water disaster.
The lawsuit seeks damages towards “numerous authorities and personal engineering defendants over the neglect, mismanagement, and upkeep failures that led to an environmental disaster leaving greater than 153,000 Jackson-area residents with out entry to secure working water.”
Lieff Cabraser, lawyer for the plaintiff, says:
All households are entitled to scrub and secure consuming water. Authorities officers turning a blind eye to contaminated water and letting a serious American metropolis’s infrastructure crumble into disrepair is neither representing nor caring for its individuals. This lawsuit seeks to deliver justice — and secure, clear water — to the Jackson group.
As beforehand reported, greater than 150,000 Jackson residents have been with out water for weeks in August.
For years, the town of over 163,000 individuals, with over 80% being Black, has confronted points with growing older infrastructure and a scarcity of sources to provide an sufficient system.
A boil water discover was issued a month earlier than the town declared a water disaster emergency, the New York Occasions stories.
As of now, residents of the town can use their water safely.
