In Jackson, Mississippi, some residents have been without water going on two weeks

CNN — Many residents of Jackson, Mississippi, have been without water since a winter storm hit the area in February. The city has taken to providing “flushing water” to residents, and has continued distributing water bottles, said Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumbaduring the Monday news conference. The Pelicans, New Orleans’ NBA team, are also donating two truckloads of bottled water to the residents, the team said Monday, with distribution being handled by the city. “Our system just, you know, basically crashed like a computer, and now we’re trying to rebuild it,” Williams said during a briefing Sunday.“It’s just, the progress has been very slow.” At that same briefing, Lumumba said the city still doesn’t know how many people are without water, but it’s aware the primary areas impacted are the west and south parts of the city. The water problem has been such a major fact of life in the state, that one Mississippi-based online retailer is selling shirts reading “Welcome to Boil Water Alert Mississippi.” On the city’s official Facebook page, the comments sections are filled with many people admonishing the government for not fixing the water infrastructure in Jackson in years past.