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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-401" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Drinking Water">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Administrator” means the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Community water system” means a public water system that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Serves at least 15 service connections used by year–round residents of the area served by the system; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Regularly serves at least 25 year–round residents.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Contaminant” means any chemical, biological, or radioactive substance that is harmful to health if in the water.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Federal Act” means the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Federal agency” means any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“National primary drinking water regulations” means the primary drinking water rules or regulations that the Administrator adopts under the federal Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Noncommunity water system” means a public water system that is not a community water system.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Nontransient noncommunity water system” means a public water system that is not a community system and that regularly serves at least 25 of the same individuals over 6 months per year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Person” includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any State, county, municipal corporation, or federal agency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any special taxing area or district that operates a public water system; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any officer, agent, or employee of any of these.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Primary drinking water regulation” means a rule or regulation that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Applies to public water systems;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Specifies contaminants that, in the judgment of the Secretary, would have an adverse effect on the health of human beings;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Specifies for each contaminant either:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A maximum contaminant level if, in the judgment of the Secretary, it is economically and technologically feasible to determine the level of the contaminant in water in public water systems; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If, in the judgment of the Secretary, it is not economically or technologically feasible to determine the level of the contaminant, each treatment technique known to the Secretary that leads to a reduction in the level of the contaminant sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Contains standards and procedures:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>To ensure a supply of drinking water that dependably complies with the maximum contaminant levels, including quality control and testing procedures for compliance with those levels;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To ensure proper operation and maintenance of the system; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>To establish requirements as to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The minimum quality of water that may be taken into the system; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Siting for new facilities for public water systems.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Public water system” means a system that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Provides to the public water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Has at least 15 service connections; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Regularly serves at least 25 individuals.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Public water system” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any collection, treatment, storage, or distribution facility that is under the control of the operator of the system and is used primarily in connection with the system; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any collection or pretreatment storage facility that is not under the control of the operator of the system and is used primarily in connection with the system.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>“Supplier of water” means any person who owns or operates a public water system.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="n">
    <text>“Tamper” means to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Introduce a contaminant into a public water system with the intention of harming a person; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Otherwise interfere with the operation of a public water system with the intention of harming a person.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="o">
    <text>“Transient noncommunity water system” means a noncommunity water system that does not regularly serve at least 25 of the same individuals over 6 months per year.</text>
  </level>
</section>
