By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated June 7, 2023
The long-beleaguered water system in Jackson, MS received its first piece “of a promised $600 million federal investment in the public utility” system.
President Biden and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delivered the announcement on Tuesday. Jackson will be receiving the initial $115 million out of the $600 million investment by way of the Congressional appropriation from the 2023 Federal budget.
This funding for
