JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The tiered rate structure at the center of a federal lawsuit against JXN Water was initially put in place to help spur conservation and ultimately reduce customers’ costs, so says Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Henifin.
“It’s proven that higher rates at higher volumes get people to pay attention to their use of water,” he said. “You would think in a water-rich part of Mississippi, we wouldn’t be concerned about it. Because it was so bad here, we had to do something.”
Henifin was appointed manager over Jackson’s water system in November 2022 as part of a federal takeover…