The city of Jackson apparently released quite a bit of raw sewage into the Pearl River earlier this year. The Pearl Riverkeeper website reported yesterday:
476,541,680 gallons of raw sewage leaked directly to the Pearl River from one location at 408 Jefferson St, Jackson during the heavy rain and flood events of the first 3 months of 2020. The largest single-day discharge occurred on January 11 when 6,831,520 gallons of raw sewage flowed from the Jefferson St manhole to the Pearl and then downriver. This is enough raw sewage released in ONE DAY to fill 10 Olympic swimming pools.
*Days in Jan-Mar 2020 when more than 100,000 gallons of raw sewage leaked from Jefferson Street: 14
*Days when City of Jackson, MDEQ or EPA issued a warning or advisory to the public or downstream communities: 0 ...
During Jan-Mar 2020, the City of Jackson did not issue a single press release warning the public or downstream communities of the health and safety hazards of millions of gallons of raw sewage headed their way.... Rest of article.
21 comments:
Jackson is a third-world city.
Of the reasons listed I don’ t see “gross incompetence”....
Wholly shit! ;-)
At least most of the infiltration was rainwater.
A little s*** never hurt anyone. Ask all the cities downstream.
They hardly noticed.
At least Jackson self reported.
The state & Fed needs to slap their hand.
That is 2900 gallons from each citizen in the city!
half a billion gallons, in addition to all the bullshit released by the Lumumba administration on a daily basis.
Can someone please explain how Jackson got A+ rating from Standard and Poors? Seems a bit over-rated to me.
The secret to pollution is dilution.
Yet, the Mayor keeps throwing money at non-necessity black holes like the Zoo and Convention Center.
Suddenly I'm left to consider the gathering area at the foot of Overlook Point on the Trace.
Close 11:25
dilution is the solution to pollution
Well what do you expect when the empty suit mayor is more worried about the zoo and stopping concealed carry or getting his amigos PAID on the Siemens lawsuit(that is cut & dry)?
“One Leak”
Is this Mumbai, India? Tijuana, Baja California?
What you need to know to be a plumber?
Shit flows downhill.
Payday is on Thursday.
I sent this on to the EPA, MDEQ, WAPT, WLBT, WJTV like any good citizen would do.
"The Perception of S#!t."
Typical Jackson shit.
Literally.
This is a country song I wrote... goes sumpin like this y’all.....
I threw a line in the Pearl.....
Thought I’d give fishin’ a whirl...
Pulled out a turd, a shriek was heard...
And oBama, I mean Chokwe was called a nerd...
(Second verse, ain’t same as the first)
When I pulled back on my fishin’ pole....
Thawwtt I done done caught ahold...
Of a big ol’ fish, that wuz my wish....
But Obama I mean OChokwe was takin hold!!!
Thank ya folks I’ll be seein ya at the Gran Ol’ Ofrrey
I guess this partially explains why our beach water is so murky.
City Hall being so close to and upstream of this massive overflow explains everything.
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