FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 2, 2021
TV ROAD WELL REPAIRS COMPLETE
Well to be Put Back in Service After Holiday Weekend
(JACKSON, Miss.) – Contractors for the City of Jackson Department of Public Works have completed repairs to the TV Road Well on the Jackson Maddox Well System, including installing a new pump and other parts. The City will start sampling on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 and once the Mississippi State Department of Health approves the samples, the well will be placed back in service.
The City currently has five wells online providing water to all of our well customers. The city has not received recent calls from residents experiencing related disruptions. If any residents are experiencing water outages or low pressure, they should please call 311 or 601-960-1111.
The Jackson Maddox Well System currently operates on six wells and serves approximately 16K well water connections primarily in South Jackson and the City of Byram. It is estimated that approximately 2,000 connections were impacted by recent disruptions at the Siwell Road and TV Road wells. As of this writing, both wells have been repaired.
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