A water treatment plant failure has indefinitely left 180,000 residents in Jackson, Mississippi, without reliable drinking water. Let us explain what happened …
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00:00Do not drink the water.
00:01That's what officials had to say to the 180,000 residents of Jackson, Mississippi.
00:07So what caused the unreliable drinking situation?
00:10And how is the state responding to the water crisis?
00:12Brute can explain in less than 60 seconds.
00:14Residents in the capital city have been under a boil water advisory for over a month.
00:20But the situation got even worse after a local reservoir and river flooded.
00:24Homes and businesses have been left with little to no water pressure.
00:27And what little they do have is making its way out of faucets untreated.
00:31In a press briefing, the state's governor says that the current water situation
00:35leaves the city without proper water resources to fight fires,
00:39to reliably flush toilets, and to meet other critical needs.
00:43Schools in the area switched to online learning,
00:45and the National Guard was brought in to begin distributing bottled water.
00:49Officials say that they are preparing for a scenario where Jackson
00:53would be without running water for an extended period.