The City of Flint was unable to maintain and operate its water treatment plant, and the untreated water dissolved the lead in its old pipes. President Obama declared a national emergency and the city received a present of 626 million dollars. For the last month the city of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, has been without water supply. I understand that the pumps were not maintained and one broke down. The city had no money for the reparation and after a time, the second pump also went out of service. Jackson is 90% African and is blaming the city's former White residents for leaving and abandoning them. I presume Biden will give them national emergency funds to repair the pumps, and that will not be the end, because other Black cities are in a similar pre-emergency situation.
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