[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 11]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1778.4]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER XVII--RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1778--EMERGENCY COMMUNITY WATER ASSISTANCE GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1778.4  Definitions.

    Emergency. Occurrence of an incident such as, but not limited to, a 
drought, earthquake, flood, hurricane, disease outbreak, or chemical 
spill.
    Rural areas. Includes any area in any city or town with a population 
not in excess of 10,000 inhabitants according to the most recent 
decennial census of the United States, located in any of the fifty 
States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Western Pacific 
Territories, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic 
of Palau, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
    Significant decline in quality. A significant decline in quality of 
potable water is where the present community source or delivery system 
does not meet, as a result of an emergency, the current SDWA 
requirements. For a private source or delivery system a significant 
decline in quality is where the water is no longer potable as a result 
of an emergency.
    Significant decline in quantity. A significant decline in the 
quantity is caused by a disruption of the potable water supply by an 
emergency. The disruption in quantity of water prevents the present 
source or delivery system from supplying potable water needs to rural 
residents. This would not include a decline in excess water capacity.