Monday, July 4, 2022

Free H2O for NE JXN Today

 The city of Jackson issued the following statement. 

The City of Jackson will distribute cases of bottled water to residents in need today beginning at 10 a.m. at Jackson Police Department Precinct 4 off Old Canton RoadThe precinct is located in the Colonial Mart Shopping Center. There is a limit of one case of water per vehicle. The distribution will resume until supplies run out. 

Potable water is also available for affected residents at any of the City’s fire stations.  

What: Water distribution 

When: 10 a.m. Monday, July 4

Where: JPD Precinct 4, 5080 Parkway Drive (Colonial Mart Shopping Center)

The City plans to have a distribution site available every day until the boil water notices are lifted. We will keep the media advised of any new developments. 

Special thanks to Premium Waters, Inc. of Byram for the water donation.

24 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why is Jackson fire station water safe to drink?

Anonymous said...

@9:22
They aren’t bottling the cases of water at the fire station. They are distributing them. Did you get your GED from RCSD?

Anonymous said...

Is a water ban still in place?

Anonymous said...

9:50 AM
No he dropped out from JPS

Anonymous said...

@9:50 Previous announcements said “bring your own container” because they didn’t have bottled water. This announcement does not say bottled water is available at the fire stations. It says bottled water at the police station and potable at fire stations. Wondering how the city is distributing potable water into containers is a valid question. Going to insults makes you look uninformed and petty.

Anonymous said...

Maybe the fire stations are emptying their tanker trucks that most likely were filled before the latest boil water notices. Short-sighted, of course, but anything is possible in Jacktown.

Anonymous said...

What is the minimum monthly charge for a water bill in Jackson these days? I’m not talking about crazy meter problems, I just mean what is the minimum water, sewer, sanitation bill? I’m thinking at least $30. So, if you can afford that, can’t you go get a 30 pack of Sams Choice bottled water at Walmart for $2.99? This free water from politicians is all for show.

Anonymous said...

Just bring empty water bottles to Madison library. They have a free water fountain. Good and cold. Also, the soccer parks have free fountains. Probably a lot quicker than the lines in Jackson waiting on handouts. Those can get long.

Anonymous said...

Why wouldn't the fire station's water be just as potable as from anywhere else? Did someone nail it to a wall or something? Just put it in a bucket or a spare gas can and carry it on home.





(I know, I know. I just figured what the hell, why not since it seems to be all the rage around here.)

Anonymous said...

"Free" bwa, ha, ha. There is no way that a Byram business would donate anything to Jackistan. What is the quid pro quo?

Anonymous said...

No, don't come to Madison to suck up our water. It is not free. The city (taxpayers) are paying for that "free" water.

Stay in your lane. You re-elected that Jackwagon, own it!

Anonymous said...

Potable water comes out of a tank truck or trailer, usually filtered or somewhat cleaned, that’s what the military uses. If you ever lived on a Caribbean Island you get your water from a tanker truck or collect rain water for your home.

Anonymous said...

I’m asking the same simple question that 9:22 is asking I know the difference between bottled and potable. How are the fire stations acquiring potable water? Potable and bottles are two different things and just the other day the residents had to bring their own container for the potable water. By definition you can drink potable water. So I’m asking how is the Fire Department is or has been getting potable water? I’m pretty sure they don’t filter the water that goes into fire trucks so if they are transporting it how are they keeping it safe from cross contamination from their previous times they filled their tanks to now?

Anonymous said...

Interesting how in the last 2 weeks of this current water "crisis", bottled water had been available for pick up at Sykes Park, Forest Hills High School, a shopping center on Medgar Evers Blvd...but never at a JPD precinct until today. The NE Jackson precinct. Perhaps Chowke missed out on a "Parch the Crime" initiative, right?

Anonymous said...

Free my a--.

Citizens pay for water. And Jackson isn't providing it through the pipes.

Anonymous said...

"Potable water comes out of a tank truck or trailer"

See, I told y'all. If'n it's in a truck or trailer, it's potable unless someone done stole the engine or something.

"...somewhat cleaned..."

Ain't that what Jackson always has? Just strain the chunks out with your teeth, er, tooth, ya picky cityfolks.

Choke The Elder's Dream Has Been Fucking Realized! said...

It's bullshit to say they 'will distribute water' when you have to go pick it up.

Every resident has become so damned insensitive to this crap that they no longer even think about raw boo boo.

Imagine living in a $600,000 dollar northeast Jackson home on a manicured lot and depending on 'delivered bottled water'. WTF

Anonymous said...

I’m shocked that Republicans are entitled to free water

Anonymous said...

People are just gonna come get those free bottles of water then sell them. They should’ve stick with bring your own container.

Anonymous said...

Ok…Premier Water in Byram is in the industrial Park off Wynndale road. It gets its water supply from, yep…Jackson. So I suppose they are filtering the water before bottling it, I would hope. But anyway it’s a great thing they are doing.

Anonymous said...

Waiting for a plane flying over Jackson to drop a coke bottle within the city limits.

Chok can call a presser and inform everyone that the Gods must be crazy.

Anonymous said...

Perhaps free HBO will be available next week.

Anonymous said...

“Waiting for a plane flying over Jackson to drop a coke bottle within the city limits.”

You win the internet today.

MBrookes said...

7:18, thanks for reminding me of that movie. I love it. Believe I will check Netflix and see if I can find it.


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