Jackson Water Crisis Fueled By Flooding, Years Of Decay
At a Glance Record rainfall hit Mississippi's largest city in August.The influx of water slowed operations at a city treatment plant.Water and flooding woes go back decades. Residents in Jackson, Mississippi, are struggling to find clean water to drink, wash and cook with. It's a crisis that goes back decades. Years of decaying infrastructure, extreme winter weather and flooding have helped push the city's water system to a point where people sometimes can't flush toilets or bathe in their own...