The city of Jackson issued the following statement.
The City of Jackson is issuing the following updates for the evening of Sunday, February 20, 2021, related to the impacts of last week’s winter weather on the City and efforts being made:
WATER
- Low and
no water pressure is still impacting residents across Jackson, but we
are continuing to see progress. There is still no definitive timeline
for when it will be restored,
but crews are continuing to work and we anticipate further improvement
as temperatures rise over the next few days.
- We are gauging progress by measuring the psi (pounds per square inch) in the water distribution system. The goal is to reach around 90 psi at OB Curtis WTP and around 80 psi at JH Fewell WTP. Today, we are up to 58 psi. That is up from 55 psi Saturday, 51 psi Friday and 37 psi when the cold front came through resulting in water outages throughout the City of Jackson and City of Byram. This is good, but we have further to go.
There are now 20 confirmed water main breaks within the City of Jackson. We continue to work to assess and coordinate repairs.
- Those
with water should continue to conserve it. Please only use water for
basic necessities. Residents closer to the plants will see water
pressure restored soonest. It will
take longer for those farther away. Conserving water will allow fellow
Jacksonians to get back online faster.
- The system-wide precautionary boil water notice is still in effect for all surface water and well water connections.
- We ask that residents please refrain from tampering with fire hydrants.
- All water meter issues should be directed to 601-960-0762 and 601-960-0761.
WATER DISTRIBUTION
- Today the City’s drinking water distribution efforts focused on deliveries to the elderly and homebound.
Non-potable
(flushing) water is available at the following locations until 7pm
tonight and again on Monday, February 21, 2021 from 9am to 7pm.
Residents should bring containers.
- Forest Hill High School - 2607 Raymond Road, Jackson, MS 39212
- Raines Elementary School -
156 N Flag Chapel Road, Jackson, MS 39209
JTRAN
- JTRAN will resume regular service on Monday, February 22, 2021.
GARBAGE COLLECTION
- Residential
garbage collections will resume on Monday, February 22, 2021. There
will be no make-up days. Collections will go forward as scheduled.
- We ask
that residents only place household garbage out for both collection days
this week. The loads will be extremely heavy and the focus will need to
be household waste
removal.
- Please
hold bulk items and yard debris for the following week. If residents
have limbs down from the storm, they can call 601- 960-1193 for
assessment and collection.
PHONE LINES
- The volume of calls to 311 continues to overwhelm the system.
We ask that residents please reserve calls for visible water leaks
and urgent needs for assistance. In addition to 311, residents can also
call one of the following numbers:
- 601.960.1111
- 601-960-1777
- 601-960-1781
- 601-960-1778
- 601-960-0379
- 601-960-1779
7 comments:
Non-potable water for flushing at TWO sites!! Forest hill High School and Raines Elementary. Guess that is a good indication of who this administration wants to cater to in this emergency. Everybody else, including the ones that pay the taxes to support hizhonor can just tee tee off the back porch. Gotta hold the rest until later.
@6:48 You know you can always ride over to the Pearl River or the Rez and get some for yourself if driving over to West Jackson is such a damn burden for you.
'ceptin Sunday is the 21st, not the 20fh. As usual COJ is a day late and many millions of dollars short.
I would think it's a bad decision to hand out non-potable water in Jackson or any other city. In fact, I've never heard of doing that.
Sounds like handing out e-coli infected produce but with a note that says, 'not for consumption'.
6:48 - You can take a leak in the reservoir on the back of your commode and flush a dump with that. Think, man!
KF, time for some research. Wasn't there a contract in 2012 or 2013 to link the OB Curtis and Fewell plants together to prevent water loss during a freeze? I understand aging pipes and freezing ground affects the local distribution. However, why did the OB Curtis plant fail? Isn't it relatively new? Was it poorly deigned or just not being maintained?
Monday 2/22/2021 My wife was at Target and Marshalls on County Line Road late morning and neither business have public restrooms open due to....wait for it....low water pressure.
Both businesses are on the Jacktown side of County Line Road.
Third world city.
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