Jackson residents asked the court in the lawsuit to force the city to repair the water system and to cancel any bills or debts held by residents for unsafe water or water that was not delivered.
exacerbated the water crisis by causing water pressure issues in the city's already-damaged system, forcing schools to shut down in-person learning."These residents lack more than just drinking water, or water for making powdered baby formula, cooking, showering, or laundry," the lawsuit reads.
"During the long period where the city pipes had no water pressure—and were unable to facilitate the flow of water—residents of Jackson could not flush their toilets for days at a time," it continues. "This public health crisis, decades in the making, was wholly foreseeable by Defendants’ actions and has left Jackson residents in an untenable position – without access to clean, safe water in 2022 in a major United States city."
The plaintiffs also allege that they were poisoned by lead and other contaminants released in Jackson’s drinking water before the water supply failed in August.that mismanagement by the city government caused the crisis. It also includes as defendants engineering companies Siemens Industry and Trilogy Engineering Services, which were previously contracted to work on the city's water system in the past.
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