THE TOWN OF BOLTON IS A SMALL COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF MISSISSIPPI. THE TOWN OPERATES A WATER SYSTEM WHICH SUPPLIES PIPED WATER FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. THE SYSTEM IS SUPPLIED BY A GROUNDWATER SOURCE. IT INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED-THIRTY (330) SERVICE CONNECTIONS AND SERVES APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND FIFTY-SIX (1056) INDIVIDUALS. THE TOWN HAS VIOLATED VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AND THE FEDERAL SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT SINCE APRIL OF 1978. BETWEEN 1978 AND 1982, THE SYSTEM VIOLATED MONITORING AND COLIFORM DENSITY REQUIREMENTS IN THE STATE STATUTE. IN 1982, THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HELD A HEARING TO DETER- MINE WHETHER CIVIL PENALTIES OR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF SHOULD BE SOUGHT UNDER STATE LAW, RELATIVE TO THE SYSTEM'S VIOLATIONS TO THAT POINT.