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Jackson’s water system at the mercy of spending rhetoric

White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu, right, and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, left, confer during a visit by Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to 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) A protestor holds a sign aimed at Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves during a protest on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 in Jackson, Miss. Reeves, a Republican, blames Jackson's water crisis on mismanagement at the city level. The city’s latest water troubles are far from its first, and they have stemmed from decaying infrastructure beyond one water treatment plant. The EPA said 300 boil water notices have been issued over the past two years in the city. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announces the state imposed boil-water notice has been lifted in Mississippi's capital city after nearly seven weeks, while Mississippi Emergency Management Agency executive director Stephen C. McCraney, right, listens, during a Sept. 15, 2022, news conference in Jackson. 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. Reeves blames Jackson's water woes on mismanagement at the city level and water was restored after the state "stepped in" to provide emergency repairs, Reeves said at a September news conference. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), left, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, second from left, White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu, second from right, and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 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)