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Governor: Mississippi capital’s water is again safe to drink

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency executive director Stephen C. McCraney speaks about the coordinated response of federal, state, city and neighboring states agencies, to help Jackson, Miss., deal with its long-standing water problems, at a Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, news conference during which time, Gov. Tate Reeves announced the state-imposed boil-water notice has been lifted in Mississippi's capital city after nearly seven weeks. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announces the state-imposed boil-water notice has been lifted in Mississippi's capital city after nearly seven weeks, during a Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, news conference in Jackson, Miss. Emergency repairs are still underway after problems at Jackson's main water treatment plant caused most customers to lose service for several days in late August and early September. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Jim Craig, left, senior deputy and director, Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, Miss., says at a news conference that while emergency repairs are still underway after problems at Jackson's main water treatment plant caused most customers to lose service for several days in late August and early September, concerns remain about copper and lead levels in the city's water, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. During the news conference, Gov. Tate Reeves, right, announced the state-imposed boil-water notice has been lifted in Mississippi's capital city after nearly seven weeks. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Jim Craig, with the Mississippi State Department of Health, left, leads Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, right, Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), center, and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, rear, as they walk past sedimentation basins at the City of Jackson's O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Facility in Ridgeland, Miss., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Jackson's water system partially failed following flooding and heavy rainfall that exacerbated longstanding problems in one of two water-treatment plants. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, Pool) Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), center, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, right, confer with Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, following a tour the City of Jackson's O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Facility in Ridgeland, Miss., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Jackson's water system partially failed following flooding and heavy rainfall that exacerbated longstanding problems in one of two water-treatment plants. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, Pool) Mississippi National Guardsmen carry cases of drinking water and a bottle of hand sanitizer to Jackson, Miss., residents, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at Smith Wills Stadium. Jackson's water system partially failed following flooding and heavy rainfall that exacerbated longstanding problems in one of two water-treatment plants, and the state is helping with the distribution of drinking water to the city's residents. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A Mississippi National Guardsman carries a case of drinking water to a Jackson, Miss., resident, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at Smith Wills Stadium. Jackson's water system partially failed following flooding and heavy rainfall that exacerbated longstanding problems in one of two water-treatment plants, and the state is helping with the distribution of drinking water to the city's residents. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A trickle of water comes out of the faucet of Mary Gaines a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)