South Jackson residents have water pressure after 11-day absence

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – “We acquired up this morning and washed dishes. I acquired a great bathe. Thanks, Jesus. I imply, the smallest issues that depend,” Leon Jones.

The sound of taps operating and bathrooms flushing are sounds South Jackson residents say they couldn’t be extra grateful for.

“I used to be relieved! I used to be glad to see it as a result of I used to be down low with water,” Willie Cheeks mentioned.

From Christmas Eve to January 4th, some residents in South Jackson alongside Rainey Street have been with out water and have been left to depend on bottles of water and non-potable water from the rain or hearth departments.

“I fill this up with rainwater to maintain me from going to select it up. So hopefully final evening it rained about right here. And I fill it again up since they informed me I had low-pressure water stress. However simply in case you didn’t know was going again down,” Cheeks mentioned.

Interim Third-Occasion Supervisor Ted Henifin says “In a single day, O.B. Curtis Water Therapy maintained sturdy manufacturing and was capable of push a lot of the extra water into the distribution.

However for these in South Jackson, “some fluctuations in stress might proceed.” and tonight, the water plant will make one other “push to revive full stress to your entire system by tomorrow morning for everybody in Jackson and Byram.”

Despite the fact that the water stress is selecting up, Jones says he’s undecided how lengthy it’ll final.

“That’s a excessive concern. This isn’t a fast repair. I do know this can be a course of. 9 instances out of 10 in my coronary heart, I really feel I actually consider it’s gonna occur. So, I believe we simply must get ready and count on the more serious, pray for the most effective,” he mentioned.

”I’d wager it going out to be going out over betting it might keep on. So yeah, it’s simply, it’s horrible. I imply, I can perceive as a result of it’s a giant place and it’s an previous underground construction. It ain’t gonna work till new pipes. It’s gonna hold breaking the previous ones till they substitute all of it,” Cheeks mentioned.

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