Black People In Jackson Mississippi Are Being Billed For Water Despite The Water Crisis

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Black Jackson Mississippi residents who are complaining of high water bills in the weeks following the most recent crisis that left the majority-Black city without clean drinking water for nearly two months. In some cases, residents say the bills have been so high, they can't afford them and they are pleading for the city of Jackson, which runs the water system, to offer some relief. Around a quarter of Jackson residents live in poverty.