Starting Monday, new management will be taking over both of Jackson’s water treatment plants. Los Angeles-based waterTALENT will take over operations at the O.B. Curtis and J.H. Fewell water treatment plants, tanks and well facilities.According to city officials, this is a step toward taking back control of Jackson’s water treatment plants. This is a transitional period between federal and state help ending, and the contractors stepping in to oversee the systems.”We have signed the contract for the operators to come in, the class A operators. They will be seated on the 14th. We already have people on the ground working really hard to help to mitigate any stresses in the system,” said Jackson Ward 4 Councilman Brian Grizzell.Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba warns, with the cold period of weather ahead for the city, the infrastructure is still fragile.
Starting Monday, new management will be taking over both of Jackson’s water treatment plants.
Los Angeles-based waterTALENT will take over operations at the O.B. Curtis and J.H. Fewell water treatment plants, tanks and well facilities.
According to city officials, this is a step toward taking back control of Jackson’s water treatment plants.
This is a transitional period between federal and state help ending, and the contractors stepping in to oversee the systems.
“We have signed the contract for the operators to come in, the class A operators. They will be seated on the 14th. We already have people on the ground working really hard to help to mitigate any stresses in the system,” said Jackson Ward 4 Councilman Brian Grizzell.
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba warns, with the cold period of weather ahead for the city, the infrastructure is still fragile.
