EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan, right, on Tuesday addresses a roundtable of Jackson-area business people, community leaders, residents and educators, about the efforts underway to deliver a sustainable water system for residents as Jackson, Miss. Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, left, listens.
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Justice Department intervenes for struggling water system
The Justice Department made a rare intervention Tuesday to try to bring improvements in the beleaguered water system in Mississippi’s capital city, which nearly collapsed in late summer and continues to struggle.