Bill Furbee writes: “Jackson, Mississippi, has faced more than its fair share of water crises. In late August, heavy rain caused the Pearl River, which runs through the city, to flood. Water from its largest water treatment plant, already running on backup pumps before this flood, couldn’t keep up. Many of Jackson’s libraries, businesses, and homes were left without sufficient water pressure to operate toilets or showers. Even before the flood happened, an unrelated water boil advisory was in place, enacted in late July. ‘It’s tiring to still not have some normalcy,’ says Stephen Parks, state librarian for the State Law Library of Mississippi—and he speaks for many others.”