Posted on Sep 7, 2022
The crisis in Jackson shows how climate change is threatening water supplies
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My understanding of this from a friend who now lives here but used to be down there is that the City of Jackson is in the position they are in because of underinvestment in their water system. They have rejected the necessary investment until the failure occurred. The city's water lines are as much as 100 years old.
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Chip...I am originally from that area and I can speak to this. It has nothing to do with climate change et al. It has everything to do with the elected leadership of that city over the last thirty years. They are all corrupt and mismanaged the funds of the city to include the public works upgrades like water. If you were to drive through the city and I have very recently you had better have good shocks as the roads are unbelievable, the infrastructure is falling down around them, and the crime rate is so high that folks I know that live in the area say if they have to go into Jackson, they carry...no question. The folks elected live posh lives as the citizens suffer. Folks with any sense left Jackson over the last 15 or so years while the getting was good.
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