{"id":3861,"date":"2022-02-16T17:08:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T17:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2022-02-24T17:51:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T17:51:40","slug":"professor-jae-young-ko-has-published-a-research-article-on-the-2021-water-crisis-in-jackson-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/2022\/02\/16\/professor-jae-young-ko-has-published-a-research-article-on-the-2021-water-crisis-in-jackson-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Jae-Young Ko has published a research article on the 2021 water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professor <strong>Jae-Young Ko <\/strong>has published a research article on the 2021 water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, for a peer-reviewed journal, Online Journal of Rural and Urban Research, Spring 2022, special issue.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/murc\/files\/2022\/02\/2022.OJRUR_JacksonWaterCrisis_Special.Issue_.Final_-1.pdf\">https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/&#8230;\/2022.OJRUR_JacksonWaterCrisis..<\/a><a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/murc\/files\/2022\/02\/2022.OJRUR_JacksonWaterCrisis_Special.Issue_.Final-1.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2kktzajdncRhauDUe6pPqBAilQi31uN771pI6WCl13KGFC-aMI5A4dDek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/files\/2022\/02\/Jae-Young-Ko--scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3860 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/files\/2022\/02\/Jae-Young-Ko--200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/files\/2022\/02\/Jae-Young-Ko--200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/files\/2022\/02\/Jae-Young-Ko--683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/files\/2022\/02\/Jae-Young-Ko--768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/files\/2022\/02\/Jae-Young-Ko--scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>The 2021 Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi <\/strong>was a triggering event showing worsened municipal services from the city\u2019s aging water infrastructure. About 43,000 residents in Jackson, Mississippi, lost access to water for three weeks in February-March 2021 due to freezing weather and poorly maintained water mains. This study takes a chronological research design approach through a literature review to define trends and changes in residential population, sales, and property tax revenues in the City of Jackson over the years. This study also examines the two major water infrastructure plans proposed by Mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. in 2012 and Mayor Tony T. Yarber in 2016 and seeks to explain why those plans failed. Finally, this study recommends policy options, including increasing efforts to collect water bills and creating a new agency for enhanced inter-local government collaboration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Jae-Young Ko has published a research article on the 2021 water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, for a peer-reviewed journal, Online Journal of Rural and Urban Research, Spring 2022, special issue.\u00a0https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/&#8230;\/2022.OJRUR_JacksonWaterCrisis&#8230; The 2021 Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi was a triggering event showing worsened municipal services from the city\u2019s aging water infrastructure. 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