Board of Directors

Board of Directors. The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District is an agency of the State of Mississippi created pursuant to the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District Law, Title 51, Chapter 59 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended. The District is composed of five counties: Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin and Scott. The District is governed by a fourteen member Board of Directors. The Governor of the State of Mississippi appoints five directors. The Board of Supervisors of each of the five counties appoints one director each. The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality, the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the Forestry Commission and the State Board of Health each appoint one director to the District's Board. The Board of Directors employs a General Manager who is in charge of the routine operation of the business of the District. Pursuant to The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District Reservoir Patrol Officer Law, the District employs patrol officers who may exercise the same powers of arrest and the right to bear firearms that may be exercised by any state, municipal or other police officer in this state with respect to violations of law or regulations committed on property owned by the District. The District is also authorized by the Metropolitan Area Water Supply Act to construct, maintain and operate a water treatment plant and regional water distribution system.