Friday, May 21, 2021

South Jackson Water Update

 The city of Jackson issued the following statement. 

We encountered a delay in replacing the temporary pump at the Siwell Road well this afternoon. The replacement pump malfunctioned once installed, so it will need to be removed and replaced. The contractor plans to work overnight and provide another temporary pump for the well. We anticipate having the well back online Saturday, May 22, assuming no additional delays or issues with installation.

Once the temporary pump is in place at Siwell Road and in service, the contractor will then move on to assessing the TV Road well to determine its cause of failure. We anticipate placing another temporary pump at this location to again provide additional water into the well water distribution system while repairs are being made at this location.

The Jackson Maddox Well System serves approximately 16K well water connections primarily in South Jackson and the City of Byram. It is estimated that 2,000 connections are currently impacted by disruptions at the Siwell Road and TV Road wells. As the system continues to operate on only four wells, customers in the impacted areas, particularly those at higher elevations, may experience low or no water pressure. 

Precautionary Boil Water Advisory & Conservation Notice:

The updated precautionary boil water advisory issued on Tuesday, May 18, as a result of the TV Road and Siwell Road well disruptions is still in effect.

The conservation notice released on Monday, May 17, for the entire Jackson Maddox Well Water System also remains in place. 

 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Can’t we have more than one contractor working at the same time? No one has any sense of urgency on this basic city service.

Anonymous said...

That's a slight "uptick" in perceived delays, right?

Anonymous said...

“ Can’t we have more than one contractor working at the same time? No one has any sense of urgency on this basic city service.
May 22, 2021 at 7:55 AM”


City can’t afford to pay to hire more people. Hell they barely pay the people they have now.

Anonymous said...

"'Can’t we have more than one contractor working at the same time? No one has any sense of urgency on this basic city service.
May 22, 2021 at 7:55 AM'


City can’t afford to pay to hire more people. Hell they barely pay the people they have now."


Amen to the first.

To the second, it shouldn't cost any more to have a second crew working on the second pump at the same time. You're still paying for the same fixes with the same parts and the same number of man hours, whether it's two crews working simultaneously, or one crew doing one pump station at a time.

For instance, if it costs $50k to fix the first pump and then $25k to fix the second one, the one single crew will charge you $50k, then $25k, but if there are two crews, one will charge you $50k and the other one will charge you $25k. It's $75k either way, but in the second scenario you get the second pump fixed earlier, perhaps at the same time as the first pump is fixed.

Anonymous said...

The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever, and had convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.

You get what you vote for.


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