At West Madison Utility District, our goal is to provide safe, clean, sparkling water to all of our residents!
CREATION
West Madison Utility District was created by the Madison County Board of Supervisors following a public hearing September 8, 1970, as required by Senate Bill 1520 of the 1966 Extraordinary Session of the Mississippi Legislature. West Madison Utility District is a body politic and a subdivision of Madison County, Mississippi, a political body of the State of Mississippi.
Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-167, as amended, there shall be five (5) members on the Board of Commissioners appointed by the Madison County Board of Supervisors. Each commissioner shall serve five (5) year staggered terms as outlined in § 19-5-167. The operation, management, abolition or dissolution of West Madison Utility District, and all other matters in connection therewith, shall be vested solely and only in the Board of Commissioners to the specific exclusion of the Board of Supervisors.
SERVICE AREA REGULATIONS AND MINIMUM LEVELS OF SERVICE - The water service area currently consists of land area in Madison County, Mississippi. The boundaries of these service areas are modified periodically in response to requests for service from new customers, land developers and others. All service area changes must be granted by the Mississippi Public Service Commission in response to petitions filed by West Madison Utility District.
West Madison Utility District is subject to regulation by the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) (waterworks), the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) (wastewater), and the Madison County Board of Supervisors.
The MSDH enforces regulations governing public water systems, which primarily are concerned with maintaining the physical, chemical, and bacteriological quality of public drinking water supplies. The MSDH also regulates, reviews and approves the design of all improvements to public waterworks systems.
The MDEQ, Bureau of Pollution Control, enforces regulations governing design, construction, and operation and maintenance of public wastewater systems and the discharge of pollutants from these systems. MDEQ also manages the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit system in the state on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The NPDES permit system sets limits on the discharge of pollutants to state and interstate waters.
The Madison County Board of Supervisors regulates, under the provisions of the “Madison County Subdivision Regulations”, the provision of public utility (water and sewer) improvements installed by West Madison Utility District in new county subdivisions.
