Jackson, Mississippi, to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely
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Re: Jackson, Mississippi, to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely
#2From the article:
> The city and state were both distributing bottled drinking water and non-potable water for toilets
Is there a risk to using untreated water from the river & reservoir to flush your toilets? Why would the city need to distribute toilet water?
Re: Jackson, Mississippi, to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely
#3From the article: > The city and state were both distributing bottled drinking water and non-potable water for toilets Is there a risk to using untreated water from the river & reservoir to flush your toilets? Why would the city need to distribute toilet water?
There's currently no/low water pressure, so supply of even non-drinkable water is difficult.
Re: Jackson, Mississippi, to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely
#4From the article: > The city and state were both distributing bottled drinking water and non-potable water for toilets Is there a risk to using untreated water from the river & reservoir to flush your toilets? Why would the city need to distribute toilet water?
There should be no risk to using untreated water to flush the toilet.
Presumably they are shipping two types of water- potable and non-potable. The non-potable is less difficult to produce and ship.
You can flush a toilet by dumping a bucket of water into the bowl.
Re: Jackson, Mississippi, to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely
#5From the article: > The city and state were both distributing bottled drinking water and non-potable water for toilets Is there a risk to using untreated water from the river & reservoir to flush your toilets? Why would the city need to distribute toilet water?
Over time, yes. Not so much a risk to humans but a risk to plumbing. As an example I have water risers on my fields that are fed by a lake. The horses also drink from this. Their water trough gets full of algae and moss. All the fittings I use have to be large enough to not get plugged up by the growth. I've tried using filters in the past but they plug up almost instantly.
Re: Jackson, Mississippi, to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely
#6Sounds like a nightmare cluster-duck, a whole city without water!
Re: Jackson, Mississippi, to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely
#72022, USA, 100k+ town with no drinking water. Indefinitely. We've truly peaked as a civilization.
Re: Jackson, Mississippi, to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely
#8Shouldn’t the army corp step it at some point? Shouldn’t the military be able to fly in some pumps if really needed?
Re: Jackson, Mississippi, to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely
#9From the article: > The city and state were both distributing bottled drinking water and non-potable water for toilets Is there a risk to using untreated water from the river & reservoir to flush your toilets? Why would the city need to distribute toilet water?
Over time, yes. Not so much a risk to humans but a risk to plumbing. As an example I have water risers on my fields that are fed by a lake. The horses also drink from this. Their water trough gets full of algae and moss. All the fittings I use have to be large enough to not get plugged up by the growth. I've tried using filters in the past but they plug up almost instantly.
A spin down filter solves for this. Manual ones are $50-$65, nice automated self cleaning ones are $175-$250. Great for well water imho to take the load off of disposable sediment filters further down the system. Depending on the make, you can typically swap out the stainless steel screens to change how aggressive your filtering is.
Re: Jackson, Mississippi, to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely
#10They've got no water in one of the largest cities, but those state officials are definitely on top of making sure that those uppity females have no access to reproductive healthcare, and that city is mostly not white people -- they've got their priorities to take care of!
Meanwhile, it looks like some federal intervention, e.g., Army Corp of Engineers is likely needed.
More seriously, this is what we get when politicians chase "culture issues" and don't actually govern, and people care more about revenge on groups they don't like than electing people who will actually govern.
Seriously broken