Santonia Matthews, a custodian at Forest Hill High School in Jackson, Miss., hauls away a trash can filled with water from a tanker in the school’s parking lot on Aug. 31. The tanker is one of two placed strategically in the city to provide residents non-potable water. The recent flood worsened Jackson’s long-standing water system problems and the state Health Department has had Mississippi’s capital city under a boil-water notice since late July.
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Students return to campus amid water crisis in Mississippi
While its water crisis continued, students in Mississippi’s capital returned to class for the first time in a week Tuesday with assurances that the toilets and sinks in their buildings would finally work.
