Look at how much was spent on repairs to Jackson’s sewer system this year.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – More than $39 million has been spent on repairs to Jackson’s sewer system this year.

That’s according to the latest status update from JXN Water, which was filed in U.S. District Court on Thursday.

Since taking over management of the sewer system in September, JXN Water has cleaned and inspected more than 619,000 feet of linear sewer line, resolved a backlog of more than 2,000 service requests and repaired 214 court-mandated sewer system emergencies, according to the report.

That final number would have been 215, but JXN Water determined that one of the major sewer problems was related to the storm drain and referred it back to the City of Jackson.

The report is the fourth filed by the utility since Ted Henifin was named interim outside manager last fall over the city’s beleaguered sewer system.

As part of the takeover, Henifin must complete about a dozen “priority projects” aimed at stabilizing the sewer system until a new consent decree is hammered out between the city of Jackson, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice. .

The 20-page document highlights JXN Water’s activities for the months of July, August and September. Other highlights are listed below:

60 out of 62 cases of sewer overflows that occurred during the reporting period were eliminated.
219,000 linear feet of sewer were cleaned and tested, bringing the total number of feet tested to 619,000.
Ninety-four percent of the 2,200 outstanding sewer service calls have been completed.
214 sewer line deficiencies included in the court order were corrected; one of them was sent back to the city because it had to do with a storm drain
Three new fixed-term sewer system repair contracts awarded through funding from the Mississippi Municipal and County Water Infrastructure Grant Program.
No prohibited bypasses were registered

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