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Jackson’s new worry: More water pressure could break pipes
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS AND KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Sat,09/03/22-2:00AM , 721 Reads
JACKSON — Water pressure continued to improve in Mississippi’s capital city Friday as repairs continued at a long-troubled water plant, but some in the city of 150,000 still had little or no water flowing from taps, officials said.
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Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), left, confers with Jim Craig of the Mississippi State Health Department, during a visit to the City of Jackson's O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Facility in Ridgeland, Miss., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Jackson's water system partially failed following flooding and heavy rainfall that exacerbated longstanding problems in one of two water-treatment plants. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, POOL)

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Jackson's new worry: More water pressure could break pipes
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS AND KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Fri,09/02/22-8:58AM , 366 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Water pressure slowly improved in Mississippi's capital city Friday but officials outlined numerous challenges and occasional setbacks as they worked to restore running water from the city's aging, neglected water system to all in the city of 150,000.
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