Jackson, Mississippi, to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely
Eddrick Botley pours water into a cooking pot from a plastic bottle as he helps his mother to cook while the city of Jackson, Mississippi is to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely after pumps at the water treatment plant failed, leading to the emergency distribution of bottled water and tanker trucks for 180,000 people, in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S., September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria