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type: "LegalText"
title: "42 U.S.C. § 300g"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
chapter_number: "6A"
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
section: "300g"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300g"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 300g - Coverage

## Text

Subject to sections 300g–4 and 300g–5 of this title, national primary drinking water regulations under this part shall apply to each public water system in each State; except that such regulations shall not apply to a public water system—

(1) which consists only of distribution and storage facilities (and does not have any collection and treatment facilities);

(2) which obtains all of its water from, but is not owned or operated by, a public water system to which such regulations apply;

(3) which does not sell water to any person; and

(4) which is not a carrier which conveys passengers in interstate commerce.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, § 1411, as added Pub. L. 93–523, § 2(a), Dec. 16, 1974, 88 Stat. 1662.)