(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Oversight of providers in the state is primarily handled by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission and the Division of Environmental Quality;(2) Wastewater and sewer systems need to have rates that support capital improvement needs; and(3) It is necessary to improve the operations and infrastructures of wastewater and sewer systems in the state similar to the reform of retail water providers by Acts 2021, No. 605.
(1) Oversight of providers in the state is primarily handled by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission and the Division of Environmental Quality;
(2) Wastewater and sewer systems need to have rates that support capital improvement needs; and
(3) It is necessary to improve the operations and infrastructures of wastewater and sewer systems in the state similar to the reform of retail water providers by Acts 2021, No. 605.