Subject to ORS chapter 183, the Oregon Health Authority: (1) Shall require that the water suppliers give public notice of violations in the water system. (2) May refuse to allow expansion of or additional connections to a water system until the water system meets water quality standards and requirements. (3) May enter an order requiring a water supplier to acquire or construct a water system that provides water that meets the authoritys standards. When the order requires a city to acquire a water system, the system must have the majority of its facilities within the citys adopted urban growth boundary. When the order is entered upon a city, the procedure described in ORS 454.235 to 454.255 shall be followed. (4) May enter an order requiring a water supplier that fails to comply with the schedule prescribed under ORS 448.140 to cease operation of the water system.
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