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Jackson sees some improvement in its damaged water system

Jean Bailey sits on her front porch at her home near downtown Jackson, Miss., after a water delivery Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. Mrs. Bailey had a water meter installed one month ago that is leaking water down the street. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) A trickle of water comes out of the faucet of Mary Gaines a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) A trickle of water comes out of the faucet of Mary Gaines a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Willie Brown, right, of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation places cases of water on the chair of Diana Washington, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Earl O'Banner, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living Apartments gets a couple of cases of water placed on his chair in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Mary Gaines, left, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments gets cases of water in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Residents of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments flock to a trailer full of water being delivered by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's long standing water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) One set of portable showers and toilets are next to parking garage at the Millsaps College Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex on the midtown Jackson, Miss., complex, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College exits one of the rented portable showers, at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College shows the size of one of the stalls in the rented portable showers at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented two sets for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Annie S. Mitchell, vice president for Marketing and Communications at Millsaps College in midtown Jackson, Miss., shows off the interior of one of the sets of portable showers the school rented for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Two sets of portable showers are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Multi stall portable toilets are are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Mary Gaines, right, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments unlocks her door as a friend helps her with cases of water in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Jeremy Myers, left, of the Aids Healthcare Foundation delivers water to Shaun Brown in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) A member of the Mississippi National Guard loads a vehicle as they distribute water to residents near downtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Mary Gaines a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments displays contaminated water in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Jean Bailey sits on her front porch at her home near downtown Jackson, Miss., after a water delivery Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. Mrs. Bailey had a water meter installed one month ago that is leaking water down the street. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) A trickle of water comes out of the faucet of Mary Gaines a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) A trickle of water comes out of the faucet of Mary Gaines a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Willie Brown, right, of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation places cases of water on the chair of Diana Washington, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Earl O'Banner, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living Apartments gets a couple of cases of water placed on his chair in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Mary Gaines, left, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments gets cases of water in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Residents of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments flock to a trailer full of water being delivered by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's long standing water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) One set of portable showers and toilets are next to parking garage at the Millsaps College Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex on the midtown Jackson, Miss., complex, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College exits one of the rented portable showers, at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College shows the size of one of the stalls in the rented portable showers at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented two sets for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Annie S. Mitchell, vice president for Marketing and Communications at Millsaps College in midtown Jackson, Miss., shows off the interior of one of the sets of portable showers the school rented for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Two sets of portable showers are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Multi stall portable toilets are are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Mary Gaines, right, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments unlocks her door as a friend helps her with cases of water in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Jeremy Myers, left, of the Aids Healthcare Foundation delivers water to Shaun Brown in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) A member of the Mississippi National Guard loads a vehicle as they distribute water to residents near downtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Mary Gaines a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments displays contaminated water in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Jean Bailey sits on her front porch at her home near downtown Jackson, Miss., after a water delivery Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. Mrs. Bailey had a water meter installed one month ago that is leaking water down the street. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) A trickle of water comes out of the faucet of Mary Gaines a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) A trickle of water comes out of the faucet of Mary Gaines a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Willie Brown, right, of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation places cases of water on the chair of Diana Washington, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Earl O'Banner, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living Apartments gets a couple of cases of water placed on his chair in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Mary Gaines, left, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments gets cases of water in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Residents of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments flock to a trailer full of water being delivered by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's long standing water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) One set of portable showers and toilets are next to parking garage at the Millsaps College Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex on the midtown Jackson, Miss., complex, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College exits one of the rented portable showers, at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College shows the size of one of the stalls in the rented portable showers at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented two sets for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Annie S. Mitchell, vice president for Marketing and Communications at Millsaps College in midtown Jackson, Miss., shows off the interior of one of the sets of portable showers the school rented for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Two sets of portable showers are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Multi stall portable toilets are are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Mary Gaines, right, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments unlocks her door as a friend helps her with cases of water in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Jeremy Myers, left, of the Aids Healthcare Foundation delivers water to Shaun Brown in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) A member of the Mississippi National Guard loads a vehicle as they distribute water to residents near downtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Mary Gaines a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments displays contaminated water in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) One set of portable showers and toilets are next to parking garage at the Millsaps College Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex on the midtown Jackson, Miss., complex, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College exits one of the rented portable showers, at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College shows the size of one of the stalls in the rented portable showers at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented two sets for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Annie S. Mitchell, vice president for Marketing and Communications at Millsaps College in midtown Jackson, Miss., shows off the interior of one of the sets of portable showers the school rented for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Two sets of portable showers are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Multi stall portable toilets are are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A member of the Mississippi National Guard loads a vehicle as they distribute water to residents near downtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) One set of portable showers and toilets are next to parking garage at the Millsaps College Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex on the midtown Jackson, Miss., complex, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College exits one of the rented portable showers, at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College shows the size of one of the stalls in the rented portable showers at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented two sets for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Annie S. Mitchell, vice president for Marketing and Communications at Millsaps College in midtown Jackson, Miss., shows off the interior of one of the sets of portable showers the school rented for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Two sets of portable showers are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Multi stall portable toilets are are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A member of the Mississippi National Guard places a case of water on the scooter of Jackson resident, Keith Angeleti, as they distribute water to residents near downtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) A member of the Mississippi National Guard loads a vehicle as they distribute water to residents near downtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) One set of portable showers and toilets are next to parking garage at the Millsaps College Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex on the midtown Jackson, Miss., complex, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College exits one of the rented portable showers, at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College shows the size of one of the stalls in the rented portable showers at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented two sets for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Annie S. Mitchell, vice president for Marketing and Communications at Millsaps College in midtown Jackson, Miss., shows off the interior of one of the sets of portable showers the school rented for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Two sets of portable showers are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Multi stall portable toilets are are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A member of the Mississippi National Guard places a case of water on the scooter of Jackson resident, Keith Angeleti, as they distribute water to residents near downtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) A member of the Mississippi National Guard loads a vehicle as they distribute water to residents near downtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves speaks at a press conference regarding Jackson's ongoing water crisis at Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) in Pearl, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (Hannah Mattix/The Clarion-Ledger via AP) This is an aerial view of of the City of Jackson's O.B. Curtis Water Plant in Ridgeland, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) This is an aerial view of of the City of Jackson's O.B. Curtis Water Plant in Ridgeland, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Workers at the Highway 18 Walmart distribute the last of 6,000 cases of water to long line of residents in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Jackson sees some improvement in its damaged water system