The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality issued the following statement on May 19.
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) was notified by the City of Jackson that planned maintenance at the Savanna Street wastewater treatment plant, in addition to recent wet weather, is resulting in the release of minimally treated wastewater into the Pearl River. Maintenance activities are scheduled to be complete Wednesday although additional wet weather may prolong the discharge.
A water contact advisory for the Pearl River, immediately downstream of the Savanna Street wastewater treatment plant, has been and remains in effect. Furthermore, a water contact advisory for the Pearl River and its tributaries in the vicinity of the City of Jackson remain in effect. These tributaries include Purple Creek, Three Mile Creek, Cany Creek, White Oak Creek, Hanging Moss Creek, Town Creek, Lynch Creek, Eubanks Creek, Hardy Creek, Trahon Creek, Big Creek, and Belhaven Creek (including Belhaven Beach). Also included is Tilda Slough which is along the south side of Pascagoula Street and east of Jefferson Street (parallel to Pascagoula Street) that flows through an underground culvert then emerges at I-55 near the Pearl Street exit. This slough drains north under High Street where it is pumped to the Pearl River (see attached map).
MDEQ recommends that people avoid water contact recreational activities such as swimming, wading, and fishing in these waters.
34 comments:
nasty-
LOL !!! You don't say. The Pearl River in and past Jackson is polluted with Pooo . Geeeez, I wonder why.
mmmm, raw boo boo
recreational activities such as swimming, wading, and fishing...
Go ahead an add looking at, and smelling to that list.
Where are the damn Feds? This is as bad as Flint.
How they gonna keep this crap out of One Lake or whatever it's called ?
Gives credibility to the saying "if I were going to give the globe an enema I would go to Jackson MS.
Three things to know if visiting Jackson.
1. Don't drink the water
2. Don't swim in the water
3. Lock & load
This is purposeful neglect in hope the feds will come take this off the plate of Jackson.
Even the Feds don't want to fool with Mississippi unless they want to get dirty.
And Jackson is fighting Byram to force them to use Jackson’s water and sewage service.
Why would anyone need to be warned to stay out of the water anywhere near Jackson, never mind not eating any fish from same water. When I see folks fishing the Pearl I think of the old Homer Simpson three eye fish caught near his reactor episode.
KF, please revise this title to reflect "Stay out of The Pearl River."
I thought you were talking about the town of Pearl.
@1:55pm - They ain’t. OneLake will be a sewage lagoon.
The MDEQ's bulletin says nothing good about the education being provided by Jackson Public Schools if the city's residents actually have to be told not to swim in raw sewage.
"...was notified by the City of Jackson that planned maintenance at the Savanna Street wastewater treatment plant, in addition to recent wet weather, is resulting in the release of minimally treated wastewater into the Pearl River. Maintenance activities are scheduled to be complete Wednesday although additional wet weather may prolong the discharge."
I'm surprised there's anybody left in Jackson competent enough to send that notice to the DEQ. What if that notice had never been sent? What if raw shit had continued to flow south out of Jackson? As it has been doing for years under incompetent leadership. This is way beyond 'Old Pipe Systems'. This is true incompetence and, frankly, don't give a shit attitude.
2:48 - That was his intention. He giggles at that sort of shit.
How many other cities in the USA have similar issues?
Attn 3:10. Apparently, the sewage treatment plant does not work in the rain(?).
so is belhaven beach still a go?
Monticello -- can I drink your water?
Jackson: The City with Stool.
You ain't done nothing till you been kicked in the head by the Jackson minimally treated waste water.
Or raw boo boo, if you prefer the colloquialism.
One Lake renamed to One Toilet
3:30pm for the win!!!
Rename "One Lake"...."Lake Lottahockey" !
I don't think this is the first time this has happened. I'm surprised downstream landowners haven't sued Jackson over this. Or maybe they have and I just haven't heard about it.
Well, in their home countries, they shit in the same river they “bathe” in.
This doesn't make sense.
The Savanna treatment facility is in South Jackson on the eastside of I-55 at Savanna Street. All of the creeks listed are upstream of the treatment plant. Basic rule is water flows downhill. Everything upstream of the Savanna Street treatment plant should be normal. The only worry should be downstream of the Savanna Street treatment plant.
The warning makes no sense.
Perhaps the sewage pipes leak, and lift stations do not work and leak and overflow into the creeks etc in the city during the aforementioned rain even. Also, the underwater residents which reside in the can freely move up and downstream
So much for the idea that “if you don’t live in Jackson it’s none of your business.”
Bottom line is we have a ship with nobody in the wheelhouse.
Glad we live on the Big Black River side of the Pearl River watershed. Yall keep that raw boo boo over there on your side.
Don't ask what you can do for the gubmint.
Ask what the gubmint can do for you and yours!
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