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Jackson sees some improvement in its damaged water system

One set of portable showers and toilets are next to parking garage at the Millsaps College Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex on the midtown Jackson, Miss., complex, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College exits one of the rented portable showers, at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College shows the size of one of the stalls in the rented portable showers at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The school rented two sets for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Annie S. Mitchell, vice president for Marketing and Communications at Millsaps College in midtown Jackson, Miss., shows off the interior of one of the sets of portable showers the school rented for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Two sets of portable showers are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Multi stall portable toilets are are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A member of the Mississippi National Guard places a case of water on the scooter of Jackson resident, Keith Angeleti, as they distribute water to residents near downtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) A member of the Mississippi National Guard loads a vehicle as they distribute water to residents near downtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)