JACKSON CITY LEADERS ARE
EXPLAINING HOW THEY'LL
>> BREAKING NEWS, WE ARE
INTERRUPTING THE PROGRAM BECAUSE
JACKSON CITY LEADERS ARE
EXPLAINING HOW THEY WILL FIX A
MASSIVE WATER MAIN BREAK IN THE
CAPITAL CITY.
WE GO TO CITY HALL.
DATES BACK TO THE 1990'S, AS
WITH ALL LARGE DIAMETER
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE PIPE,
MAINTENANCE IS A CHALLENGE.
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NEED
BASED ON THE LEAKS PRESENT TO
MAKE THIS REPAIR, SO W HAVE
CONTRACTED TWO SEPARATE
CONTRACTORS TO WORK ON THE LEAKS
THAT ARE ACTIVE AT THIS POINT.
WE HAVE TAKEN THESE PRECAUTIONS
TO BE ABLE T HANDLE THE LEAKS
AT ONE TIME, MINIMIZING THE
IMPACT.
WE DID CONDUCT A STAKEHOLDERS
MEETING LAST WEEK SO THAT WE
WOULD BE ABLE TO DETERMINE SOME
OF THE IMPACT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN
MISSED IN THE PREVIOUS OUTAGE.
THEREFORE, WE DO OUR BEST TO TRY
TO MITIGATE ANY ISSUES WE WOULD
SEE.
BASICALLY, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING
TO DO AT THIS POINT, WE WILL
CONDUCT A PLANNED OUTAGE ON THIS
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, BEGINNING
AROUND 3:00 P.M..
WE EXPECT THAT OUTAGE TO LAST
UNTI 3:00 P.M. ON MARCH 12.
DURING THAT TIME, THE
CONTRACTORS WILL BEGIN DOING
WORK TO REPAIR THO LEAKS AND
GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER SO THAT
WE CAN GET THE WATER BACK
ONLINE, ON SUNDAY.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT
THE AREA AFFECTED.
BASICALLY, IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY
ISSUES ON FEBRUARY 10, WHEN WE
CONDUCTED THE LAST OUTAGE, WE
EXPECT YOU WILL MORE THAN LIKELY
SEE ISSUES THIS TIME, AS WELL.
THOSE ISSUES WOULD BE WATER
AND POSSIBLY LOW-PRESSURE.
-- LOW PRESSURE.
ONCE PRESSURE IS RESTORED AND
SERVICE IS BACK ON, THERE WILL
BE A BOIL WATER NOTICE ISSUED
FOR THE AFFECTED ARE AND WE
EXPECT THOSE NOTICES SHOULD BE
CLEARED AFTER THE NORMAL 48 HOUR
TESTIN PERIOD.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO ENCOURAGE
ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS TO SIGN UP
FOR CODE RED AS THAT WOULD BE
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO STAY
INFORMED.
I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO
OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER, BRANDON
FALKNER.
-- FALCON.
WE HAVE --
>> WE HAVE SOME KNOWN FACTORS WE
WILL BE PREPARED FOR, AND TO
HAVE THE SAME THING THAT THE
DIRECTOR SAID, WHERE IF YOU HAVE
EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTIES LAST
TIME, BE PREPARED FOR SIMILAR OR
ZERO WATER PRESSURE AT THIS
JUNCTURE.
WE HAVE SET UP THREE
DISTRIBUTION POINTS FROM WATER.
ONE WILL BE PRECINCT ONE, WHICH
IS COOPER ROAD.
PRECINCT TWO AT METRO CENTER AND
WE ARE SETTING UP ANOTHER ON THE
WEST STREET SIDE OF MEMORIAL
STADIUM ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.
AS FAR AS OUR FIREFIGHTING
CAPABILITIES, WE HAVE REACHED
OUT TO OUR MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS
AND WE ARE BUSINESS AS USUAL.
ONE THING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
HAS DONE SINCE OUR INCIPIENT
STAGE OF 1904, WE MANAGED TO
MOVE WATER WELL.
WE ARE NOT UNKNOWN TO MOVING
WATER LO DISTANCES IN WATER
MAIN BREAKS.
THIS IS JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL
ON THE FIREFIGHTING SIDE.
ANY ISSUES OR ERRORS OR
OMISSIONS, WE ARE 100% READY FOR
THAT.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SIDE,
BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN KNOWN
FACTORS, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO
OUR PARTNERS.
WE HAVE SET UP LOGISTICS
MEETINGS WITHIN OUR STAFF.
FOR THE LAST T WEEKS, THIS IS
BEEN THE ONLY CONVERSATION WE
HAVE HAD.
WE ARE REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE
THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE A
STAKEHOLDER TO GIVE US DIFFERENT
CAVEATS IN THE WAY WE THINK TO
MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY
HOLES IN OUR SYSTEM, AND WE ARE
MORE THAN WILLING TO ACCEPT IN
THE OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE ON THAT,
TO GET TO WHAT WE NEED TO GET.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT IF ANY
OF OUR MESSAGES AS WE GO
FORWARD, THE 311 SYSTEM, CALLED
AND REPORTING FOR CITIZENS TO
REPORT OUTAGES AND WE WILL BE
CHECKING THAT ON THE WEEKEND.
THE CODE RED SYSTEM, I CANNOT
STRESS THAT ENOUGH, PEOPLE
STARTING TOD AND, WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY, GET ON THE CITY
WEBSITE, SIGN UP FOR CODE RED.
WE WILL BE PUSHING OUT MESSAGES
ALL WEEKEND LONG AS FAR AS
STATUS UPDATES.
ANY INFORMATION THAT WE FIND
PERTINENT TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
AT THIS TIME, I WIL LET DR.
KIDD TALK ABOUT OUR OUTREACH
PROGRAM.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN AND
CULTURAL SERVICES.
IN ADDITION TO OUR CONSTITUENTS,
WE WILL BE FOCUSED ON MAKING
SURE OUR MORE HONORABLE ADULT
POPULATION IS BEING TAKEN CARE
OF.
WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO MAKE
SURE WATER IS DISTRIBUTED TO OUR
SENIORS AND DISABLED PERSONS.
WE WIL BE PRIMARILY AT THE
METRO CENTER SPOT FOR PICKUP AND
DROP-OFF.
IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO
CANNOT COME OUT, WE HAVE A PHONE
NUMBER YOU CAN CALL FOR DROP-OFF
AVAILABILITY.
WE HAVE PEOPLE ON BOARD READY TO
TAKE YOUR INFORMATION AND MAKE
SURE WE GET WATER TO THOSE
VULNERABLE ADULTS.
AT THIS POINT, WE WILL TAKE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WATER
OUTAGE.
HOW IS WATER DISTRIBUTION
GOING TO WORK? WILL YOU HAVE
BOTTLES?
WE WILL HAVE BOTTLED WATER.
AT THIS POINT, WE WILL TRY TO
GIVE OUT A CASE, PER PERSON.
>> ON HER OUTREACH PROGRAM, THEY
WILL BE DOING HOME DELIVERY FOR
THAT PART OF IT.
ON OUR DISTRIBUTION POINTS,
WHICH I SPOKE TO, EARLIER, WE
HAVE A FINITE -- WE DON'T HAVE A
FINITE NUMBER OF CASES WE HAVE
BOUGHT, YET.
WE ARE GOING TO LIMIT IT TO ONE
CASE PER PERSON.
WE WILL BE TAKING INFORMATION AS
OPPOSED TO JUST RANDOMLY GIVING
IT OUT.
WE WILL HAVE VOLUNTEERS AND IT
WILL BE IN AN ORGANIZED FASHION
AND WHEN YOU SHOW UP, WE WILL
GIVE YOU A CASE AND GO FROM
THERE.
>> DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY
CUSTOMERS WILL BE DIRECTLY
IMPACTED BY THIS?
WE A BLOWING UP THE
AFFECTED AREA, BUT WE ARE
TELLING PEOPLE FROM NORTHSIDE
DRIVE TO 55 TO 220 ON THE
NORTHERN BOUNDARY, ALL THE WAY
IT IS KIND OF A TRIANGLE.
THE FOREST TILL AREA OF SOUTH
JACKSON IS ON ITS OWN WELL
SYSTEM AND THEY ARE NOT AS
AFFECTED.
THE MAJORITY OF THE AFFECTED
AREA WILL BE --
NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR
HOUSEHOLDS?
I DON'T KNOW THIS TO BE A
FACT, BUT 40,000 IS A ROUGH
ESTIMATE.
>> CUSTOMERS?
>> CUSTOMERS.
>> YOU PEOPLE NEED TO SHOW ID?
>> AT THIS JUNCTURE, NO.
IF THAT DOES CHANGE, THE
INFORMATION WILL COME OUT.
FOR THIS IMPACT THE ST.
PATRICK'S DAY STUFF?
-- COULD THIS IMPACT THE ST.
PATRICK'S DAY STUFF?
>> THAT IS NEXT WEEK.
>> IS THIS ONE CASE PER PERSON
PER DAY?
>> WE ARE HOPING IT WOULD BE ONE
CASE.
>> THE HOURS ON FRIDAY WILL BE
FROM 12:00 TO 6:00.
ON SATURDAY, 8:00 UNTIL WE RUN
OUT OF WATER.
THAT IS AT ALL THREE POINTS.
>> WILL FIREFIGHTERS USE TANKER
TRUCKS?
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF AVENUES ON
THAT.
EACH ONE OF OUR APPARATUSES
CARRY UP TO A 750 GALLON TANK.
WE HAVE INSTITUTED A SECOND
CALL.
WE NORMALLY RESPOND COINTREAU TO
FIVE -- 4 TO APPARATUSES.
WE A AUTOMATICALLY RESPONDING
WITH A THIRD PUMP OR SO WE HAVE
A THIRD PERSON COMING IN.
WE HAVE OUR MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
WITH HINDS COUNTY WHICH HAS ALL
THE TANKERS FOR THE RURAL AREA
AND WE TALKE TO ALL OF THE
SURROUNDING DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
COUNTY-BASED.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI HAS
FIVE WELLS ON SITE.
ONE OF THEM HAS A FIRE FIGHTING
-- FIREFIGHTING EXTRACTOR
ATTACHED.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS REALLY
ASTUTE AT MOVING WATER.
IT WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE.
>> THIS IS THE THIRD BREAK ON
THIS LINE IN THE LAST -- SINCE
2012.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO
MA SURE THE REST OF THE LINE
IS FULL IN MINTZ INTEGRITY --
FULL IN ITS INTEGRITY?
>> YOU DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF
OPTIONS, AND THE REPAIRS ARE
SIGNIFICANT, SO THEY WILL
USUALLY REQUIRE MAJOR
INSTRUCTION IN ORDER TO GO IN
AND CUT OUT A SECTION OF PIPE
AND PUT IT A REPLACEMENT PIPE.
THE DECISION WAS MADE TO GO THAT
ROUTE, THAT IS JUST ONE OF THE
ISSUES THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO
HAVE TO WORK THROUGH.
>> HOW DO YOU DO MAINTENANCE ON
IT AND CHECK THAT THE PIPE IS
GOOD ALL THE WAY THROUGH?
>> WHAT YOU WILL HAVE IS BECAUSE
A LOT OF IT IS BURIED, YOU WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO KNOW UNTIL -- OUR
MAINTENANCE ASPECT IS WHAT WE DO
WITH OUR VALVES IN THE AREA,
EXERCISING THOSE IN MAKING SURE
WE CAN MAKE THE REPAIRS BY
MAKING SHUTOFFS IF WE HAVE TO
MAKE THEM.
THAT WAS SOME OF THE ISSUE WE
HAD OCCUR, WE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE WE WERE ABLE TO ACCESS IT
AND DO -- GET THE REPAIRS DONE.
YOU WERE GONE INTO A SITUATION
WHERE YOU HAVE A LONGER SPAN OF
PIPE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS
POINTS.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE KIND --
GOTTEN INTO AND WE ARE TRYING TO
AMEND THAT.
SOME OF THE PLAN ACCESS POINTS
ARE KIND OF UNDERGROUND OR
HAVING THE BULK OF THE STEM OF
THE VALVES TO BE UNDERGROUND.
THERE IS A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR
IN NOT BEING EXERCISED OR
REMOVED AND MAYBE NOT
NECESSARILY HAVING LUBRICATION,
SO OVER TIME, IT GETS TO BE
DIFFICULT, SO WHEN YOU NEED TO
GET TO IT IN A PINCH, IT CAN
CAUSE YOU A PROBLEM.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE HOPING
TO GET AWAY FROM.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE ARE HOPING
TO WORK WITH THAT WILL HELPFULLY
-- HOPEFULLY HELP US SHOULD WE
HAVE LEAKS IN THE FUTURE.
THE UNDERSTANDING HAS BE WITH
THAT TYPE OF MATERIAL, IN
GENERAL, YOU HAVE A LIFECYCLE
THAT IS GOING TO BE ANY -- GOING
TO BE ON ANY INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE EXPECTATION IS IT WILL NOT
LAST FOREVER, SO YOU WILL HAVE
TO MAKE REPAIRS AT SOME POINT.
>> ARE ALL THE BRAKES ON THE
FOREST AVENUE AREA?
>> IT IS A SPAN OF ROUGHLY THREE
MILES.
FOREST AVENUE IS PART OF THAT,
BUT THEY ARE ALL BASICALLY
PARALLEL TO I-220.
>> WHERE ARE THE OTHER TWO?
>> ONE IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
THE BREAK AND THE OTHER WAS ON
THE NORTH SIDE.
ALL WITHIN ABOUT THREE MILES.
ARE THEY LEAKING WATER TO THE
EXTENT OF THE ONE NEAR FOREST
AVENUE?
>> NOT ALL TO THAT EXTENT, BUT
ALL GOING AT THE SAME TIME IS
CAUSING A BIT OF A DRAIN ON OUR
SYSTEM IN TERMS OF THE CAPACITY
WE HAVE TO PUT OUT TO OVERCOME
THAT.
NOT TO MENTION HAVING A LEAKS
GOING UNCHECKED IS GOING TO BE
AN ISSUE.
>> ARE WE LOSING MORE THAN 40%
OF OUR WATER RIGHT NOW?
>> THESE BREAKS WILL CONTRIBUTE
TO THE PERCEIVED WATER LOSS THAT
WE HAVE, BASED ON THE
INFORMATION THAT WE CAN TELL.
WE CAN RAMP UP OR LOWER
PRODUCTION DEPENDING, BUT WE
WANT TO MAINTAIN A PROPER LINE
PRESSURE.
IT IS CERTAINLY NOT HELPING OUR
CAUSE WHEN LEAKS GO UNCHECKED.
WE DON'T THINK 50% IS WHAT IT
IS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
CONCLUSIVELY.
WE HAVE BEEN IN THE RANGE OF
40%.
FROM OUR RECORDS AND MY
INFORMATION, GOING BACK TO LIFE
2011.
>> HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST?
WE DON'T HAVE A VALUE PLACED
ON IT AT THIS POINT.
ARE YOU ADVISING BUSINESSE
TO CLOSE FRIDAY AND NOT OPEN ON
SATURDAY?
>> WE DID TAKE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS FROM THE STAKEHOLDER
COMMUNITY.
BASICALLY, WE ARE ADVISING THAT
IF THEY ARE ABLE TO STOCKPILE
ENOUGH WATER TO WORK, WE DO THE
SHUT OFF AROUND THAT TIME, THE
SYSTEM WILL IMMEDIATELY GO TO
ZERO.
THEY SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO
DO THAT, AND ONCE WE GET TO A
CERTAIN POINT THRESHOLD WHERE WE
KNOW THAT THE PRESSURE HAS
DROPPED BELOW THE SAF POINT, --
SAFE POINT, THAT IS WHAT WE WILL
--
BILL HUIZENGA THING I CAN SPEAK
TO, AS WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION AND
UTILITY CONSTRUCTORS.
HOW MUCH IS THE EMERGENCY
CONTRACT FOR?
AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE
ALL OF THAT CLARIFIED BECAUSE
THERE IS ADDITIONAL WORK GOING
OUT.
AS SOON AS THAT IS ADDRESSED, WE
WILL PUT THAT OUT.
THE INITIAL CONTRACT -- WE WILL
KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT AS WE
GET EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF.
WHAT WE HAVE IS CHANGES FROM
WHAT'S OCCURRED, SO I DON'T WANT
TO PUT THAT NUMBER OUT UNTIL WE
GET EVERYTHING QUANTIFIED.
>> WHEN WILL THAT BE?
HOPEFULLY SHORTLY AFTER ALL
OF THE REPAIRS.
WE MADE SOME CHANGES THAT WE
THINK LONG TERM ARE GOING TO
HELP US TO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THIS TYPE OF SITUATION AGAIN.
>> ONE OF THE CHANCES THIS
REPAIR COULD TAKE LONGER THAN 48
HOURS?
BASED ON OUR PREPARATION, IT
SHOULD BE A MINIMAL CHANCE OF
THAT HAPPENING.
THAT IS THE REASON MY WE CAME UP
WITH TWO CONTRACTORS.
IT DEFTLY WOULD HAVE STRESSED
EITHER OF THE TWO OF THEM TO
HAVE TO DO IT INDEPENDENTLY, BUT
WE THINK COMBINED, THE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE WILL BE MORE THAN
ENOUGH TO GET THAT SATISFIED
WITHIN THAT OR DID OUR
TIMEFRAME.
>> WHO WAS IMPACTED IN THE 55
CORRIDOR YOU MENTIONED?
THE LAST TIME, A LOT OF OUR
NUMBERS AND THEY ARE NOT FULLY
CONFIRMED, WE ARE GOING OFF THE
311 DATA, SO WE HAD CALLS THAT
WERE OUT OF THE AREA THAT WE
KIND OF EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED,
SOME OF THOSE WERE FROM OTHER
LEAKS THAT OCCURRED AT THE TIM.
IF WE AR TAKING PRESSURE OFF OF
CERTAIN LIN, YOU CAN CERTAINLY
CAUSE AN ISSUE, BUT WE HAVE TO
EXPECT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS, THE
EASTERN SIDE OF THE CITY SHOULD
BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE, EVEN
MORE DOWN AND WE ALSO HAVE A
WELL SYSTEM THAT DOES GO DOWN
INTO SOUTH JACKSON, SO THAT IS
WHY IN THE LAST EVENT, EVERYONE
IN THOSE AREAS WAS NOT WITHOUT
WATER.
WE EXPECT THAT TO BE THE SAME,
THIS TIME.
>> ONE MORE QUESTION AND THEN WE
HAVE TO START ANOTHER MEETING.
I LIKE TO FINISH WITH A
STATEMENT.
ON THE PREPAREDNESS SIDE, IF YOU
LIKE TO VOLUNTEER OR DONATE
WATER OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD AID
US IN OUR CAU IN MAKING SURE
OUR CITIZENS ARE TAKEN CARE OF,
YOU CAN CALL THAT 1084 N
UMBER.
THINGS CITIZENS CAN DO TO AID IN
GETTING THROUGH THIS NEXT
WEEKEND.
STOCKPILE WATER.
GO TO THE STORE AND BUYING YOUR
OWN, FILLING UP YOUR BATHTUB IF
YOU NEED WATER TO FLUSH OR
COMMODE.
FIVE GALLON BUCKETS, ANYWAY YOU
CA-- >> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING,
I WILL SEND OUT A PRESS RELEASE
LATER ON, TODAY.
>> YOU JUST GOT FINISHED
WATCHING A PRESS CONFERENCE BY
CITY LEADERS, TELLING YOU ABOUT
THE WATER OUTAGE THAT HIS PLAN
FOR JACKSON AND JUST TO RECAP
THAT, CITY LEADERS SAY REPAIRS
WILL START THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 10
AT 3:00 P.M. AND RUNS THROUGH
SUNDAY, MARCH 12 AT THE SAME
TIME.
OFFICIALS SAY 40,000 CUSTOMERS
COULD SEE NO WATER OR
LOW-PRESSURE IN SOUTH JACKSON
AND SOME PARTS OF WEST JACKSON.
CITY CREWS WILL HAND OUT WATER
ON COOPER ROAD, METRO CENTER
MALL AND UTTERANCE MEMORIAL
STADIUM.
YOU CAN PICK UP WATER ON FRIDAY
FROM NOON UNTI 6:00, AND
SATURDAY, THEY STARTED IT :00 IN
THE MORNING AND WILL GO UNTIL
THEY RUN OUT OF WATER.
CITY LEADERS SAY THEY WILL HAND
OUT ONE CASE OF WATER PER
PERSON.
IF YOU NEED MORE, CITY LEADERS
ENCOURAGE YOU TO STOCKPILE
WATER.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
WATCHING THIS SPECIAL REPORT.
WE WILL HAVE COMPLETE COVERAGE
OF THE WATER OUTAGE IN JACKSON
IN OUR LATER NEWSCAST.
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