42 U.S.C. § 300g. Coverage

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. (1)
    (1)which consists only of distribution and storage facilities (and does not have any collection and treatment facilities);
  2. (2)
    (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. (3)
    (3)which does not sell water to any person; and
  4. (4)
    (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.)