JACKSON, Miss.—Frustrated residents of Mississippi’s capital on Wednesday waited in long lines at distribution sites where volunteers handed out cases of bottled water after a poorly maintained treatment plant failed this week, causing taps to run dry.
Hundreds of vehicles queued outside one site in the city of Jackson operated by the Salvation Army, as men and women loaded up trunks and backseats with cases of water. Others searched for water at local stores where supplies were depleted or sold out.
