{"id":434694,"date":"2026-01-28T11:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/434694\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:45:15","slug":"nearly-12000-people-under-boil-alert-after-winter-storm-impacts-water-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/434694\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 12,000 people under boil alert after winter storm impacts water systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe winter storm is impacting thousands of people&#8217;s drinking water around the state.The Mississippi State Department of Health has issued Boil-Water Alerts in the following areas:Savannah Water Association #1(Webster County) &#8211; 561 ConnectionsPope-Cortland Water Association(Panola County) &#8211; 370 ConnectionsCity of Grenada(Grenada County) &#8211; 4,834 ConnectionsCity of Durant(Holmes County) &#8211; 1,132 ConnectionsTown of Utica(Hinds County) &#8211; 387 ConnectionsGrenada Co W\/s-Mondy Rd\/Elliot(Grenada County) &#8211; 744 ConnectionsGrenada-Bogue Basin\/Holcomb(Grenada County) &#8211; 696 ConnectionsGrenada Industrial Pk &amp; Airport Water(Grenada County) &#8211; 754 ConnectionsTown of Mayersville(Issaquena County) &#8211; 208 ConnectionsTown of Anguilla(Issaquena County) &#8211; 276 ConnectionsCity of Hollandale(Issaquena County) &#8211; 997 ConnectionsHilton Heights Water Assn. #1(Yazoo County) &#8211; 506 ConnectionsTown of Crowder(Quitman County) &#8211; 320 ConnectionsMany of the alerts were system-wide, but all of the notices were issued as a precaution because of low to no pressure due to storm damage. In total, the alerts impact nearly 12,000 people.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tJACKSON, Miss. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The winter storm is impacting thousands of people&#8217;s drinking water around the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Mississippi State Department of Health has issued Boil-Water Alerts in the following areas:<\/p>\n<p>Savannah Water Association #1(Webster County) &#8211; 561 Connections<\/p>\n<p>Pope-Cortland Water Association(Panola County) &#8211; 370 Connections<\/p>\n<p>City of Grenada(Grenada County) &#8211; 4,834 Connections<\/p>\n<p>City of Durant(Holmes County) &#8211; 1,132 Connections<\/p>\n<p>Town of Utica(Hinds County) &#8211; 387 Connections<\/p>\n<p>Grenada Co W\/s-Mondy Rd\/Elliot(Grenada County) &#8211; 744 Connections<\/p>\n<p>Grenada-Bogue Basin\/Holcomb(Grenada County) &#8211; 696 Connections<\/p>\n<p>Grenada Industrial Pk &amp; Airport Water(Grenada County) &#8211; 754 Connections<\/p>\n<p>Town of Mayersville(Issaquena County) &#8211; 208 Connections<\/p>\n<p>Town of Anguilla(Issaquena County) &#8211; 276 Connections<\/p>\n<p>City of Hollandale(Issaquena County) &#8211; 997 Connections<\/p>\n<p>Hilton Heights Water Assn. #1(Yazoo County) &#8211; 506 Connections<\/p>\n<p>Town of Crowder(Quitman County) &#8211; 320 Connections<\/p>\n<p>Many of the alerts were system-wide, but all of the notices were issued as a precaution because of low to no pressure due to storm damage. <\/p>\n<p>In total, the alerts impact nearly 12,000 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The winter storm is impacting thousands of people&#8217;s drinking water around the state.The Mississippi State Department of Health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[205786,205778,205772,205779,205783,205785,205777,45487,205784,192,205775,205774,205776,205781,147413,3590,204330,205782,205780,79,16653,73740,205773,148929,146317],"class_list":["post-434694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-airport-watergrenada-county","tag-boil-alert","tag-boil-water-alert","tag-connectionscity","tag-connectionsgrenada-co-w","tag-connectionsgrenada-bogue-basin","tag-connectionstown","tag-drinking-water","tag-durantholmes-county","tag-environment","tag-grenada-county","tag-holmes-county","tag-issaquena-county","tag-mississippi-state-department","tag-panola-county","tag-people","tag-quitman-county","tag-s-mondy-rd","tag-savannah-water-association","tag-science","tag-thousand","tag-water-system","tag-webster-county","tag-winter-storm","tag-yazoo-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}