JACKSON, MISS. — The city of Jackson, Miss., is under a boil-water alert after a 54-inch water main malfunctioned on Thursday, WAPT Jackson reported.
The cap blew off of the water line and caused the O. B. Curtis Water Plant to shut down, resulting in a loss of system pressure, according to officials.
Water service has been restored and testing is underway, the article stated.
“We didn’t want to create a situation that would have people think that the sky is falling,” said Mayor Harvey Johnson. “We were losing pressure, but certainly at midnight, we didn’t know that we had a 54-inch water line break. In fact, we had to go find where the break was. It’s actually in an isolated area. We didn’t know exactly what was happening. We wanted to get information on what was happening before we actually issued any kind of notice.”
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