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+title: "42 U.S.C. § 300j–19c"
+description: "Study on intractable water systems"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 42
+title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
+chapter_number: "6A"
+chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
+section: "300j–19c"
+citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300j–19c"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s300j–19c"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 42 U.S.C. § 300j–19c - Study on intractable water systems
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Definition of intractable water system In this section, the term “intractable water system” means a community water system or a noncommunity water system—
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+(1) that serves fewer than 1,000 individuals;
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+(2) the owner or operator of which—
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+(A) is unable or unwilling to provide safe and adequate service to those individuals;
+
+(B) has abandoned or effectively abandoned the community water system or noncommunity water system, as applicable;
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+(C) has defaulted on a financial obligation relating to the community water system or noncommunity water system, as applicable; or
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+(D) fails to maintain the facilities of the community water system or noncommunity water system, as applicable, in a manner so as to prevent a potential public health hazard; and
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+(3) that is, as of October 23, 2018—
+
+(A) in significant noncompliance with this chapter or any regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter; or
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+(B) listed as having a history of significant noncompliance with this subchapter pursuant to section 300g–9(b)(1) of this title.
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+(b) Study required (1) In general Not later than 2 years after October 23, 2018, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall complete a study that—
+
+(A) identifies intractable water systems; and
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+(B) describes barriers to delivery of potable water to individuals served by an intractable water system.
+
+(2) Report to Congress Not later than 2 years after October 23, 2018, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report describing findings and recommendations based on the study under this subsection.
+
+(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, § 1459C, as added Pub. L. 115–270, title II, § 2003, Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3841.)