Jackson, Mississippi’s Deputy Director of Water Operations, Mary D. Carter, who is presiding over the city’s current water crisis.
Jackson, Mississippi’s Deputy Director of Water Operations, Mary D. Carter, who is presiding over the city’s current water crisis.
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The coverage of the ongoing water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi signifies much that has become dysfunctional in modern America. If future historians (Hey, guys!) are ever searching for a symbol of the great American decline during its latter days, they could do a lot worse than this.
In the last week of August, heavy rains combined with many years of neglect caused the city’s main water treatment facility to fail. (more…)