Boil water notice issued after storm-related power outage lifted for JXN Water customers - WAPT Jackson
Boil water notice issued after storm-related power outage lifted for JXN Water customers
A boil water notice was lifted Saturday for JXN Water customers.
JXN Water, the agency running the city of Jackson's water and sewer systems, issued the precautionary advisory Friday, after a spokesperson said powerful storms knocked out power at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant.
Power was restored by 7 a.m. on Friday, and the water plant was completely back online within 12 hours, according to a release from JXN Water.
The plant's main source of power comes from two separate Entergy feeds. There is no backup generator.
JXN Water is working on a deal with Entergy to pay the utility company to make the switches automatic, so if an emergency like this were to happen again, the recovery would look different.
"They can open and close those switches and speed up the restoration of power much faster," Henifin said.
The advisory was in place for surface water customers. Those on the well water system were not affected.
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