Nearly a week has gone by since the city of Vicksburg had to shut off their water due to a main break at the city’s main water plant.
The outage was caused by a three foot break in the plant’s main pipe, which was located under 12 feet of the flooded waters from the Mississippi River.
29,000 people were left without water, starting from the shut-off on Wednesday.
While water was slowly restored over the weekend, pressure is not yet up to top speed, and there is still a boil water notice.
“We’re having to comply with the Mississippi Department of Health,” said Mayor George Flaggs. “We could be boiling water for the next three days or so.”
Mayor Flaggs added that now the Culkin Water supply, located in Warren County, is having issues with their pumping system.
“They were helping us, and now we’re helping them however we can,” said Flaggs.
The mayor said that while the situation was dire for the city, helped poured in from neighboring counties and municipalities.
“We had water coming in from Canton, Clinton, the city of Jackson, Greenville,” said Mayor Flaggs. “Even out of state… like Baton Rouge. I can’t even name them all. But that’s what we do when things like this happen. We come together.”
The mayor said that after three days, the water should be safe to drink without boiling, pending tests from the Mississippi Department of Health. Schools returned to their normal schedule today, with bottled water provided for students.
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