Jackson mayor says leaks are answerable for loss in water stress

>> YEAH, THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THIS PUZZLE FOR THE CITY IS STILL NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND WHERE THE WATER IS GOING. ACCORDING TO THE THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS ARE PUSHING OUT MORE THAN ENOUGH WATER. BUT THE BIG BREAKS ARE KEEPING IT FROM REACHING RESIDENTS. >> WE’RE LOOKING AT A MAJOR WATER LEAGUE. >> IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD FOUND A SMALL CREEK ON SPRING RIDGE ROAD. BUT PAUL TREVITHICK SAYS HE HAS BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS FOR THREE YEARS TO THE CITY OF JACKSON. LOOK RIGHT HERE, THERE’S AN EIGHT INCH WATER PIPE DOWN IN THERE AND LOOK HOW PURE THAT WATER IS. >> SCOTT. >> THAT’S JACKSON WATER RIGHT THERE. THAT’S JACKSON IN WATER. TUESDAY, CITY CREWS WERE FANNING OUT TRYING TO SHUT DOWN LEAKS THAT WERE PREVENTING RESIDENTS FROM GETTING WATER. CONTRACT CREWS HAD TO REPAIR THIS FIRE HYDRANT THAT WAS LEAKING IN THE BELHAVEN AREA. BUT ACCORDING TO THE THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR HIRED BY THE EPA TO LEAD JACKSON’S WATER REPAIRS, THAT IS, BUT A SMALL PART OF A MAJOR PROBLEM IN RESTORING WATER PRESSURE. WE FRANKLY DON’T KNOW WHERE THE WATER TED HENNEPIN, THAT THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, SAYS THEY ARE CONTRACTED WITH OUTSIDE RESOURCES TO BRING IN AERIAL AND ON THE GROUND SEARCH EQUIPMENT TO TRY AND LOCATE MORE LEAKS THAT ARE DEPLETING THE SYSTEM. >> WHAT CAN TO HELP MITIGATE SOME DRONES IN THE AIR? PROBABLY IS EVEN THEY SAY IT WORKS BETTER IN THE EVENING. DO SOME THERMAL IMAGING TO TRY TO SEE. WE CAN SEE SOUNDS, YOU KNOW, SOME MORE STOCKS SOMEWHERE IN TOWN. >> STAFF CONTINUES, AS I SAID, TO SEARCH FOR LARGE LEAKS WITH PIPES AND BREAKS. NONE WERE FOUND AS OF YESTERDAY. SOME CAN BE HIDING IN THE WOODS. THEY MAY BE HIDING IN PLACES WHERE THERE IS WATER ALREADY. >> THE MAYOR DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION, BUT PROVIDING NO TIMELINE FOR WHEN THIS LATEST WATER CRISIS MIGHT COME TO AN END. >> WE’RE CALLING ON RESIDENTS TO CALL IN. IF YOU SEE A LEAK. IF YOU SEE A BREAK, LARGE LEAKS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE USUALLY ON MAIN THOROUGHFARES. PLEASE LET OUR CREWS KNOW SO THAT THOSE REPAI

Jackson mayor says leaks are answerable for loss in water stress

Lumumba asks residents for assist discovering water leaks

Up to date: 7:31 AM CST Dec 28, 2022

Jackson residents are as soon as once more beneath a citywide boil-water advisory. The newest water disaster got here on the heels of final week’s laborious freeze.Throughout a information convention Monday, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba stated that the leaks are answerable for the loss in water stress all through the town, and crews proceed to seek for massive leaks and pipe breaks. Lumumba has declared a neighborhood emergency, which he stated will assist to obtain water and different requirements and make emergency repairs as shortly as doable.In accordance with Lumumba, the leaks could possibly be hiding within the woods or in areas the place there may be already water, making the leak invisible. Residents are requested to name 311 in the event that they see a leak.Metropolis hearth stations are additionally impacted by the lack of water. Assistant Hearth Chief Patrick Armon stated there are 4 hearth stations that shouldn’t have water. These stations are Station 15, Station 6, Station 11 and Station 12. Residents will be capable of carry a container to different stations and fill it with water for use for flushing. Armon stated the low water stress is not going to cease them from preventing fires. He stated they’ve the division has water tankers and should have no main points.

JACKSON, Miss. —

Jackson residents are as soon as once more beneath a citywide boil-water advisory. The newest water disaster got here on the heels of final week’s laborious freeze.

Throughout a information convention Monday, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba stated that the leaks are answerable for the loss in water stress all through the town, and crews proceed to seek for massive leaks and pipe breaks.

Lumumba has declared a neighborhood emergency, which he stated will assist to obtain water and different requirements and make emergency repairs as shortly as doable.

In accordance with Lumumba, the leaks could possibly be hiding within the woods or in areas the place there may be already water, making the leak invisible. Residents are requested to name 311 in the event that they see a leak.

Metropolis hearth stations are additionally impacted by the lack of water. Assistant Hearth Chief Patrick Armon stated there are 4 hearth stations that shouldn’t have water. These stations are Station 15, Station 6, Station 11 and Station 12. Residents will be capable of carry a container to different stations and fill it with water for use for flushing.

Armon stated the low water stress is not going to cease them from preventing fires. He stated they’ve the division has water tankers and should have no main points.