{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133d","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f300j\u20133d.","heading":"Water supply cost savings","text":"\u00a7\u202f300j\u20133d.\nWater supply cost savings\n(a)\nDrinking water technology clearinghouse\nThe Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall\u2014\n(1) develop a technology clearinghouse for information on the cost-effectiveness of innovative and alternative drinking water delivery systems, including wells and well systems; and\n(2) disseminate such information to the public and to communities and not-for-profit organizations seeking Federal funding for drinking water delivery systems serving 500 or fewer persons.\n(b)\nWater system assessment\nIn any application for a grant or loan for the purpose of construction, replacement, or rehabilitation of a drinking water delivery system serving 500 or fewer persons, the funding for which would come from the Federal Government (either directly or through a State), a unit of local government or not-for-profit organization shall self-certify that the unit of local government or organization has considered, as an alternative drinking water supply, drinking water delivery systems sourced by publicly owned\u2014\n(1) individual wells;\n(2) shared wells; and\n(3) community wells.\n(c)\nReport to Congress\nNot later than 3 years after\n(1) the use of innovative and alternative drinking water delivery systems described in this section;\n(2) the range of cost savings for communities using innovative and alternative drinking water delivery systems described in this section; and\n(3) the use of drinking water technical assistance programs operated by the Administrator and the Secretary of Agriculture.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s300j\u20133d.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f300j\u20133d."},{"t":"heading","text":"Water supply cost savings"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133d/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Drinking water technology clearinghouse"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133d/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" develop a technology clearinghouse for information on the cost-effectiveness of innovative and alternative drinking water delivery systems, including wells and well systems; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133d/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" disseminate such information to the public and to communities and not-for-profit organizations seeking Federal funding for drinking water delivery systems serving 500 or fewer persons.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133d/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Water system assessment"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In any application for a grant or loan for the purpose of construction, replacement, or rehabilitation of a drinking water delivery system serving 500 or fewer persons, the funding for which would come from the Federal Government (either directly or through a State), a unit of local government or not-for-profit organization shall self-certify that the unit of local government or organization has considered, as an alternative drinking water supply, drinking water delivery systems sourced by publicly owned\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133d/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" individual wells;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133d/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" shared wells; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133d/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" community wells.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133d/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Report to Congress"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Not later than 3 years after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"December 16, 2016","tail":", the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that describes\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133d/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the use of innovative and alternative drinking water delivery systems described in this section;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133d/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the range of cost savings for communities using innovative and alternative drinking water delivery systems described in this section; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133d/c/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the use of drinking water technical assistance programs operated by the Administrator and the Secretary of Agriculture.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}