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Water crisis in Mississippi capital developed during failures in oversight, watchdog says

By Emily Wagster Pettus,

4 hours ago

A watchdog group says “layers of inadequate oversight and enforcement” by state and federal agencies contributed to a water crisis in Mississippi’s capital city

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