SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER
This Administrative Compliance Order (Order) is issued to City of Starkville Public Water System (Respondent) pursuant to the authority vested in the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by Section 1414(g) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C 300g-3(g). The Administrator has delegated this authority to the Regional Administrator of EPA Region 4, who has, in turn, delegated this authority to the Director of the Enforcement Compliance and Assurance Division.
Respondent owns and/or operates the City of Starkville public water system (PWS), located in Starkville, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, as defined by Section 1401(4) of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. 300f(4), and 40 C.F.R. 141.2.
Respondent's ownership and/or operation of the System makes it a supplier of water within the meaning of Section 1401(5) of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. 300f(5), and 40 C.F.R. 141.2.
Respondent's PWS provides piped water for human consumption and regularly serves at least 15 service connections and/or at least 25 residents and is therefore a community water system (CWS) as defined by Section 1401(15) of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. 300f(15), and 40 C.F.R. 141.2.Section 1433(a)(1)(A) of the SDWA requires CWSs serving more than 3,300 persons to conduct a Risk and Resilience Assessment (RRA) of its system.
A CWS serving a population of more than 3,300 but less than 50,000 was required to certify to the EPA that it h