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Residents distribute cases of water at Grove Park Community Center in Jackson, Mississippi, on September 3, 2022. - Jackson is enduring days without clean running water, with authorities urging those who still had supplies to shower with their mouths JACKSON, Miss (AP) - While its water crisis continued, students in Mississippi’s capital were able to return to class for the first time in a week Tuesday with assurances that the toilets and sinks in their buildings would finally work.Jackson remained under a boil water advisory, but the drop in water pressure that had brought the system to near collapse appeared to be resolved, officials said.Sherwin Johnson, a spokesperson for Jackson Public Schools confirmed in a statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday that schools had re-opened after a drop in water pressure forced a move to virtual instruction.RELATED: Mississippi water crisis: Governor declares state of emergency after flooding, treatment issuesIn a statement posted to Twitter on Monday, the school district said it had "checked water pressure at each school" and found that "nearly all are suitable" for students and staff to return.

JACKSON, Miss. - When Houston resident Mary Ozan watched the Jackson, Mississippi water crisis unfolding on the news, she knew she had to do something."As soon as I saw it, I didn’t give it a thought. I just told my husband, I said, ‘We need to bring some water,’" Ozan said.A day later, Mary and her husband Gene were unloading three pallets of water in a Walmart parking lot in Jackson at a water distribution event Wednesday.Video filmed by James Haynes Jr.