Nearly 13% of Mississippians do not have public water service, mostly in rural areas. In some urban areas such as the capital city of Jackson, water and sewerage infrastructure is antiquated and collapsing, affecting thousands more.

Mississippi is receiving billions of federal pandemic stimulus dollars that could be used for water and sewer infrastructure — including $1.8 billion going to the state Legislature and $900 million to city and county governments. Some leaders believe that water should be a focus of that federal spending.

READ MORE: Should safe drinking water be a priority for Mississippi’s federal stimulus spending?

Below is a map of where Mississippians rely on private wells for water.

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Map: 13% of Mississippians do not have public water service

by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today
November 18, 2021

<h1>Map: 13% of Mississippians do not have public water service</h1> <p class="byline">by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today <br />November 18, 2021</p> <p>Nearly 13% of Mississippians do not have public water service, mostly in rural areas. In some urban areas such as the capital city of Jackson, water and sewerage infrastructure is antiquated and collapsing, affecting thousands more.</p> <p>Mississippi is receiving billions of federal pandemic stimulus dollars that could be used for water and sewer infrastructure — including $1.8 billion going to the state Legislature and $900 million to city and county governments. Some leaders believe that water should be a focus of that federal spending.</p> <p><strong>READ MORE:</strong> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2021/11/15/drinking-water-priority-for-mississippi-federal-stimulus-spending/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Should safe drinking water be a priority for Mississippi’s federal stimulus spending?</a></p> <p>Below is a map of where Mississippians rely on private wells for water.</p> <p>!function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r&lt;t.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data[&quot;datawrapper-height&quot;][a]+&quot;px&quot;}}}))}();</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org/2021/11/18/mississippi-private-water-wells-map/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org">Mississippi Today</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MT_square-thumb.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=1018509&amp;ga3=UA-75003810-1" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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