; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Exception to public ownership, operation, and management requirement Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(A), public water systems that regularly serve fewer than 10,000 persons, and which are not owned, operated, or managed by any person who owns, operates, or manages any other public water system, may receive assistance under this section. ; (2) in subsection (d)(2), by striking exceed 30 percent and inserting be less than 50 percent ; (3) in subsection (e), by striking to be made to the State and inserting that was made to the State in fiscal year 2016 ; (4) in subsection (g)(3)— (A) in paragraph (B), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: (D) guidance to ensure affordable, equitable, transparent and reliable water service provision, to provide protections for households facing service disconnection due to unpaid water service charges, and to promote universal equal access to water services.