Title 41, Public Health

(1) The department shall develop and implement a cross connection control program in accordance with this section. Before development of the cross connection control program, the department shall consult with the United States Environmental Protection Agency regarding the develop…

(a) The following acts and the causing of these acts are prohibited:(a) Failure by a supplier of water to comply with the requirements of Section 41-26-13, or dissemination by that supplier of any false or misleading information with respect to notices required under Section 41-2…

(1) When the director or an employee of the department has reason to believe that a violation of Sections 41-26-1 through 41-26-31, a rule or regulation promulgated under Sections 41-26-1 through 41-26-31, any order of the director, or any limitation or condition of an approval h…

(1) (a) Any hearing under Sections 41-26-1 through 41-26-31 may be conducted by the director or an administrative law judge or an administrative hearing officer designated by the director. The presiding official may conduct the hearings in the name of the director at any time and…

(1) The Legislature finds that:(a) An adequate supply of safe, pure drinking water is essential to the public health and welfare and the maintenance of that supply through viable water systems is an important natural resource in the economic development of the state;(b) The feder…

Sections 41-26-201 through 41-26-211 shall be known and may be cited as the “Community Drinking Water Infrastructure Sustainability Act”.

(a) For purposes of Sections 41-26-201 through 41-26-211, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings as provided in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Community Public Water System” means a public water system serving at least fifteen (1…

(a) There is established a community public water system accountability process to:(a) Support drinking water infrastructure sustainability for the citizens of Mississippi.(b) Promote the protection of the citizens of Mississippi from poor water quality and deficient service by a…

(a) The Mississippi Board of Health shall create and administer a statewide framework of accountability for community public water systems. The framework shall include a letter grade schedule based on, at minimum, the following criteria:(a) Federal water quality violation history…

(1) The board shall promulgate rules and regulations to establish and implement the community public water system letter grade schedule provided for in Sections 41-26-201 through 41-26-211. The rules and regulations shall provide clear and appropriate point values for the criteri…

Following the hearing, the presiding official shall enter an order which shall become a final order of the director, unless the petitioner or other interested person appearing at the hearing, shall, within ten (10) days after the date of the final order was made, appeal to the Ch…

The board shall publish the first letter grades issued pursuant to Sections 41-26-201 through 41-26-211 no later than January 1, 2028.

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a fund to be designated as the “Drinking Water Quality Analysis Fund.” The fund shall be treated as a special trust fund. Interest earned on the principal in the fund shall be credited by the Treasurer to the fund. The fund may receive m…

(1) (a) There is created in the State Treasury a fund to be designated as the “Public Water System Assistance Fund.” The fund shall contain two (2) accounts, designated as the “Public Water System Technical Assistance Account” and the “Public Water Systems Bond Operations Account…

(a) For purposes of Sections 41-26-1 through 41-26-31, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the administrator’s designee…

(1) If the director finds any person guilty of a violation of Sections 41-26-1 through 41-26-31, any rule or regulation or written order of the director or any condition or limitation of an approval, the director may assess and levy a civil penalty of not more than Twenty-five Th…

(1) In addition to any other duties required by law, the board shall have the following powers and duties concerning safe drinking water:(a) To establish policies, requirements or standards governing the source, collection, distribution, purification, treatment and storage of wat…

(1) The board may adopt rules and regulations governing public water systems, but those rules and regulations shall, except as expressly required by law, be no more stringent or extensive in scope, coverage and effect than regulations promulgated by the United States Environmenta…

(a) In addition to any other duties required by law, the director shall have the following powers and duties concerning safe drinking water:(a) To exercise general supervision over the administration and enforcement of Sections 41-26-1 through 41-26-31 and applicable rules and re…

(1) The director shall exercise general supervision over the construction and operation of public water systems throughout the state. The general supervision shall include all of the features of construction and operation of public water systems which do or may affect the sanitar…

(a) The director, upon receipt of information that a contaminant which is present in or is likely to enter a public water system may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health, may take any actions deemed necessary to protect the public health. The acti…