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§2245 Excess storage and carrying capacity

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 40— - RECLAMATION STATES EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 2245

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may, under Act of February 21, 1911 (43 U.S.C. 523), contract with municipalities, water districts, federal/state agencies, and private entities to store, carry, or exchange nonproject water via Central Valley, Cachuma, Ventura River, Truckee Storage, and Washoe Projects in California and Nevada.

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Title 43, §2245

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The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts with municipalities, public water districts and agencies, other Federal agencies, State agencies, and private entities, pursuant to the Act of February 21, 1911 (43 U.S.C. 523), for the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water for domestic, municipal, fish and wildlife, industrial, and other beneficial purposes using any facilities associated with the Central Valley Project, Cachuma Project, and the Ventura River Project, California, the Truckee Storage Project, and the Washoe Project, California and Nevada. The Secretary is further authorized to enter into contracts for the exchange of water for the aforementioned purposes using facilities associated with the Cachuma Project, California.

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References in Text

Act of February 21, 1911, referred to in text, is act Feb. 21, 1911, ch. 141, 36 Stat. 925, popularly known as the Warren Act, which enacted sections 523 to 525 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 523 of this title and Tables.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 2245

Title 43Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73