FEMA head: 'Too early to tell' when Mississippi water crisis will end
FEMA head: 'Too early to tell' when Mississippi water crisis will end
John Fritze, USA TODAY -
WASHINGTON – The of head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency acknowledged Sunday that officials are not yet certain how long it will take to fix the water crisis in Mississippi nearly a week after state officials declared an emergency.
"It's still too early to tell," FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell told CNN's State of the Union on Sunday in response to a question about when residents could expect clean drinking water. "We have a lot more to learn about what it's going to take to get that plant up and running."
The water supply in Mississippi's capital city, Jackson, remained unsafe for its 150,000 residents to drink or brush their teeth this week after water treatment pumps failed, exacerbating a persistent water crisis in the city.
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John Fritze, USA TODAY -
WASHINGTON – The of head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency acknowledged Sunday that officials are not yet certain how long it will take to fix the water crisis in Mississippi nearly a week after state officials declared an emergency.
"It's still too early to tell," FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell told CNN's State of the Union on Sunday in response to a question about when residents could expect clean drinking water. "We have a lot more to learn about what it's going to take to get that plant up and running."
The water supply in Mississippi's capital city, Jackson, remained unsafe for its 150,000 residents to drink or brush their teeth this week after water treatment pumps failed, exacerbating a persistent water crisis in the city.
READ MORE: FEMA head: 'Too early to tell' when Mississippi water crisis will end https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fema-hea...
