Federal officials have intervened in the Jackson, Mississippi, water crisis to facilitate an agreement for an interim water manager to fix the broken system.
According to Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba on Nov. 30, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate signed an Interim Stipulated Order—an agreement between the city, the Mississippi State Department of Health, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—to allow for federal oversight of water management and seat a third-party administrator.
