With agriculture using 70% of all water globally, an expert says, irrigation for crops has to be more efficient – as it is in some countries that now use drip irrigation, which saves water.

Officials began distributing water to city residents who for days have struggled as the state capital’s water facility foundered.

Both the state’s governor and president Biden have declared a state of emergency to try to resolve multiple problems that have been decades in the making.

Jackson, Miss., has too much on the ground after heavy rainfall in the past week, and not enough safe water coming through the pipes for people to use.