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Good news for a Mississippi ci stanley cups ty that can use some: The Biden administration and the Environmental Protection Agency announced that, after decades of disrepair, Jackson s broken water system is getting $115 million in federal funds.It s the first disbursement of a promised $600 million boost from Washington designed to fix the Mississippi capital city s embattled water supply system. As you all may remember, the city s water system was in crisis at some point last summer 鈥?and even long before then, the people of Jackson have lived under constant threat of boil water orders, said Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary.Jackson s water problems have included broken and busted pipes, leaks and boil water notices that haveseverely threatened local businesses and residents for decades.Last year, after heavy rains taxed the system s failing pumps, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves affirmed the trea stanley cup tment plant was on the verge of failure. Many residents waited in long lines for clean water todrink, cook, bathe and clean with. We ve been begging and talking about this with individuals and leadership at the state of Mississippi, from the governor to the lieutenant governor, and we ve had the door closed on us, said Democratic state Rep. Christopher Bell. And it took the president of the United States and members of Congress to see and hear our plea. SEE MORE: Jackson, stanley cups Miss., faces municipal challenges from multiple directionsThe feds appointed a third-party water manager, T Lsvi Guide dogs get a ferry ride to Anna Maria island as part of their training
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