MORE SIGNS OF JACKSON GROWTH

Once again Jackson's residential growth is being felt by city government, and the city is responding.

During a recent hot spell, two of the city's wells pumped water for extended periods of time to meet a growing demand. A couple of days last month the city used almost 2 million gallons of water, compared to an average 1.6 million gallons daily. The city administrator, Steve Wilson, is concerned that a pump breakdown at one of the city's five wells would leave residents high and dry.

Jackson plans to immediately look for a stopgap method of preventing the threat of a water shortage on any particular day. Meanwhile, it will embark on a study to solve the problem on a permanent basis.

The city, which just built a new water tower and soon will seek bids on a new water line from it to the northeast part of town, looping existing lines together, is addressing in plenty of what could be considered a good-news problem brought on by continued growth.