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This bill, known as the Community Drinking Water Infrastructure Sustainability Act, establishes a process for the Mississippi State Board of Health (referred to as "the Board") to hold community public water systems accountable for providing safe and reliable drinking water. A "community public water system" is defined as one serving at least 15 homes or 25 people year-round. The Board will create a statewide framework that assigns a letter grade (A through F) to each system based on factors like water quality violation history, financial sustainability, operational performance, infrastructure condition, customer satisfaction, and levels of secondary contaminants. The Board will then create rules to calculate these grades, publish an annual report with the assessments on its website, and require water systems to notify their customers of their assigned grade within 30 days of publication, with the first letter grades to be issued by January 1, 2028. This act aims to ensure the protection of Mississippi citizens from poor water quality and deficient service by creating clear standards and expectations for these systems.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/SB/SB2311.xml