U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan met Sept. 7 with city and state state officials in Jackson, Miss., to take stock of the city's continuing water crisis, outlining plans to swiftly make funds available to repair its ailing O.B. Curtis drinking water treatment plant.
After meeting with officials, Regan told reporters that the state will receive more than $26 million in state revolving loan funds (SRF) in 2022, in addition to $30 million in 2021 SRF funding and $13 million already tasked specifically for Jackson to make necessary repairs to the system.