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Water woes continue in Mississippi’s capital

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A member of the Mississippi National Guard loads a vehicle as they distribute water to residents near downtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1.
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A Mississippi National Guardsman places a container of hand sanitizer into the trunk of a Jackson, Miss., resident, Friday, Sept. 2, at Smith Wills Stadium. Jackson's water system partially failed following flooding and heavy rainfall that exacerbated longstanding problems in one of two water-treatment plants, and the state is helping with the distribution of drinking water to the city's residents.
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Members of the Mississippi National Guard distribute water and supplies to Jackson residents Friday Sep. 2, in Jackson, Miss.
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Members of the Mississippi National Guard distribute water and supplies to Jackson residents Friday Sep. 2, in Jackson, Miss.
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Residents of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments flock to a trailer full of water being delivered by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1.
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Willie Brown, right, of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation places cases of water on the chair of Diana Washington, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1.
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Earl O'Banner, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living Apartments gets a couple of cases of water placed on his chair in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1.
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Mary Gaines, left, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments gets cases of water in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1.
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Mary Gaines, right, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments unlocks her door as a friend helps her with cases of water in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1.
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A trickle of water comes out of the faucet of Mary Gaines a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1.
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Annie S. Mitchell, vice president for Marketing and Communications at Millsaps College in midtown Jackson, Miss., shows off the interior of one of the sets of portable showers the school rented for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis, Thursday, Sept. 1.
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Two sets of portable showers are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1.
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James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College exits one of the rented portable showers, at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1. The school rented them for the 200 students that remained on campus during the city's latest water crisis.
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James Henry, a student athlete at Millsaps College shows the size of one of the stalls in the rented portable showers at the midtown Jackson, Miss., school, Thursday, Sept. 1.
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Multi stall portable toilets are are located on the Millsaps College campus to serve the remains 200 students that live in the dorms, in midtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1. Erratic water pressure from the water lines in Jackson, are a problem made worse since the recent flooding of the Pearl River affected the city's main water treatment plant in Ridgeland.
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Workers at the Highway 18 Walmart distribute the last of 6,000 cases of water to long line of residents in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1.
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This is an aerial view of of the City of Jackson's O.B. Curtis Water Plant in Ridgeland, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1.
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This is an aerial view of of the City of Jackson's O.B. Curtis Water Plant in Ridgeland, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1.

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