Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Fairgrounds Waves Bye-Bye to Jackson Water Service

 Tired of Jackson's water woes, the Mississippi Fairgrounds will build its own well for water service. 

Jackson lost water service during the February ice storm.  The water system's failure deprived some parts of Jackson of water for nearly a month.  The crisis took place during the Dixie National Rodeo. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andrew Gipson canceled several Dixie National Rodeo events due to the lack of water. One official said the fairgrounds must able to provide a stable source of water for livestock.

Construction should be completed before the end of the year and could cost up to $500,000. However, the department will save money as it will no longer pay Jackson for water service.  A crew began digging a test well today. 

There is one bright spot for Jackson.  The fairgrounds will be able to provide water to Jackson residents if the water system fails again as it did in February or last month. 

 


 

41 comments:

Anonymous said...

*tips hat to Commissioner Gipson. Seriously.

Anonymous said...

Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi

Anonymous said...

What about sewage?

Anonymous said...

Need to dig a well on the state capitol grounds.

Anonymous said...

“ The fairgrounds will be able to provide water to Jackson residents if the water system fails again”

Oh it’ll fail again. Count on it. But the state shouldn’t help since the mayor blames the state for the city being a sh*t hole

Anonymous said...

It be dry in 5 years or full of sewage from the Pearl

Anonymous said...

MDOT drilled a well around 2010 in their parking lot. I this k they capped it. The State buildings rely on water to heat/cool. Baptist added it's well around the same time.

Anonymous said...

7:04. they will pump it to a treatment plant. From there, it will go directly into the Pearl

They will tell the city how much they pumped and will pay the bill in a timely manner.

Anonymous said...

7:04 Just dump the sewage into the street. Various streets in Jackson have had to contend with that issue.

Jasper said...

After the 2010 water crisis MDOT decided to drill its own well. They drilled it next to Hamilton Street between the street and the visitor's parking lot. You can still see where the casing cones ip out of the ground. It seems like it was at least an 8" casing so it would have been a large well. But MDOT never developed the well. They just spent all that money for nothing, but I guess that's normal for MDOT.

Anonymous said...

Wow. was this started so Steve Hutton could get clean water for his Ho’s and John’s when he was running his
Pimp’in business out of the Fairgrounds?
BTW: KF when is Pimp Steve’s trial coming up?

Anonymous said...

Anybody who ever took a dump at a state owned building at the fairgrounds knows next time to bring a blue bucket from Lowes. And if you SIT on one of those toilets, you're a fool. Can't blame this 'crap' on Jackson.

Anonymous said...

I'm sure Antar is on his second tube of Preparation H by now.

No doubt he's looking for a way to explain this on MSNBC.
(Plus looking up new words and phrases that will impress his low info base).

Commissioner Gipson is becoming my favorite State Official.



Anonymous said...

What about sewage? Gimme a break. Surface released sewage is just fine, thank you.

Anonymous said...

Bet that well cost more than half a mil. And that tall tank Andy’s talking about will be more than that! Also, who is going to provide fire protection? State have a fire station nearby???

Anonymous said...

And by the way! Don’t put “Genuine Mississippi” on a tank built by a company in Texas, Georgia, or Kentucky!!!

Anonymous said...

I'm glad Andy likes Jackson so much. Everyone else is afraid to go downtown anymore.

Anonymous said...

10:37..The entire state is divided up into fire protection districts. The fairgrounds has not been moved and will be served by the same one they were in last week. 'The State' doesn't operate fire departments.

Anonymous said...

Jackson State should do the same thing.

Anonymous said...

You wanna anger and wake up an ancient volcano? Oh I know how this movie goes.

Anonymous said...

1:40, what good is a firetruck if the city water system and fire plugs have no water?

Anonymous said...

Leave 10:37 alone. They are angry the Jacktown messiah is being exposed for the incompetent clown he really is.

See You at the Neighborhood Ball said...

This morning at 7:15 AM there was four JPD motorcycles and officers, one officer in a marked car, two unmarked SUVs and Chowkey's body guard detachment waiting outside Eastmont to take the King Mayor to today's coronation. I didn't see the red carpet but am guessing it was about to be unfurled.

Anonymous said...

@419 yes they should. They were in a desperate situation with a campus full of students and no water. Could you imagine the smell coming from the dorms dang it had to be awful

Anonymous said...

Seems like the city plan is now to do nothing and force each business or homeowner to build their own reliable source of water.

Wonder how long it will take city leaders to rewrite laws to allow them annex those.

Anonymous said...

The new Fondren development is supposedly drilling their own too. Robert St. John doesn't want a repeat Jeff Good's pizza place experience.

Anonymous said...

Jackson is a literal shitshow.

Krusatyr said...

Sell tickets to witness Divining for water vs Fracking for water (Redneck Preachers vs Engineers)contest/event at the Fairgrounds.

Create an entire Fairgrounds Unregulated Knavery Autonomous Zone (FUKAZ). The sewer could be stacked to dry until plowed under as fertilizer for Fairground crops, shooting deer or grabbing greased armadillos and possums in a pen as a midway game, etc.

Anonymous said...

So, it is okay for the fairgrounds to do this, but Byram can not do this. Please explain the difference?

Anonymous said...

Good for Andy! But, how sad is it that the city can’t supply the fairgrounds with water?

Anonymous said...

Byram's issue isn't drilling a well or two, it is distribution. Tying the limited footprint at the fairgrounds into its own well is going to be quite easy.

Anonymous said...

1:40 AM. FYI. UMMC pays the City for fire protection since they have their own drinking water supply. Also pay for sewage disposal. The commish better figure on doing the same.

Anonymous said...

UMMC has their well as well(haha) as several other big facilities in Jackson. Hell Cintas has their own well. Oh well!

Anonymous said...

King Mayor Lumumba would like y'all to come out tonight for the fireworks in his honor. Based on the sparse attendance for his swearing in this morning, and even taking into account that Fat Melvin takes up two seats, there is sure to be enough parking and seating.

Anonymous said...

Lord have mercy they are gonna unleash Godzilla !!! Still never returning to the fair. Sorry.

Anonymous said...

Dr. Charles will fix it.

Anonymous said...

Dr. Charles couldn’t fix Kojak’s haircut.

Anonymous said...

Literally digging out of Jackson.

Anonymous said...

Well done 12:01.

Anonymous said...

Wells can be contaminated too.

My grandmother's is permanently contaminated.

So...won't he be embarrassed if the test shows he's tapped into a contaminated acquifer? And who's going to keep testing it?

Would have been better to put this money toward treatment plant repairs.

What a politically pandering jerk Gibson is.

Anonymous said...

" Robert St. John doesn't want a repeat Jeff Good's pizza place experience."

Think or say anything about about Robert St. John,
The man is a brilliant restauranteur and businessman.

But I thought he was too smart to sign on to this project in "The Fondren" .

Great concept, but I feel the reality of Jackson will kill it within a year.

Note to "The Fondren" crowd ... I'm not being negative, only realistic.




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