Jackson, Mississippi’s drinking water has been brown for 2 years. The EPA could have prevented the crisis

A new report surfaces a trail of red flags that the EPA didn’t raise.

Late in the summer of 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency sent the Mississippi state government a routine report assessing its use of federal funding for water infrastructure. The agency concluded with the words “no findings”—that is, the EPA found no issue with how Mississippi was spending its money.