Do not drink the water: Mississippi capital without clean running water [Video]

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A state of emergency has been declared in Jackson, Mississippi, where 150,000 people are without safe running water indefinitely. Neetu Garcha explains what caused the city’s treatment pumps to fail, and how this isn’t the first time the system has failed.

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