Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Act
Mississippi · Public Health · §§ 41-26-1 to 41-26-9 · 20 sections
Overview
This act governs the safety and purity of water supplied to the public, authorizing a state board to adopt primary drinking water regulations protecting health and secondary regulations addressing other qualities of water, and to grant variances or exemptions from them. It requires water suppliers to obtain a permit before constructing or modifying a water system, to collect and submit samples for analysis, to report on the condition of their supplies and facilities, and to notify users and regulatory agencies of certain violations. Enforcement rests on a right of entry for inspections, emergency authority to act against imminent and substantial hazards, prohibitions on polluting a public water supply, and remedies including penalties and abatement of public nuisances.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
Sections covered
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-1Short title
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-101Management training for community public water system board members [Repealed effective July 1, 2020]
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-103Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-11Plan for provision of safe drinking water under emergency circumstances
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-13Notices of noncompliance, failure to perform monitoring, variances, and exemptions
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-14Cross connection control program; legislative intent; adoption of regulations; certain cross connections designated as low hazard; requirements and deadlines for high hazard and low hazard cross connections; inspections; discontinuance of service for violations; local ordinances regulating cross connections or backflow preventer devices may not be more stringent than provisions of this section
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-15Prohibited acts
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-17Violation of chapter—complaint
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-19Powers of director; hearings under chapter
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-2Legislative purpose and intent
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-21Final order; cost bonds; appeal
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-23Establishment of Drinking Water Quality Analysis Fund [Repealed effective July 1, 2020]
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-25Creation of Public Water System Assistance Fund
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-3Definitions
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-31Enforcement of chapter; civil penalties
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-5Mississippi Primary Drinking Water Regulations
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-6Adoption of rules and regulations governing public water systems
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-7Powers and duties of director
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-8Requirements for construction and operation of public water systems; role of director
- Miss. Code Ann. § 41-26-9Action by director when contaminant is present in or likely to enter public water system
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