Title 43Public LandsRelease 119-73

§390h–7 Tucson area water reclamation study

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 390h–7

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must work with Arizona and local groups to study whether a full water recycling and reuse system makes sense for Southern Arizona — the parts of Pima, Santa Cruz, and Pinal counties inside the Tucson Active Management Hydrologic Area. The federal government may pay no more than 50% of the study cost. The Secretary must send the report to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources within four years after funds are provided under sections 390h to 390h–39 of this title.

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Title 43, §390h–7

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(a)The Secretary, in cooperation with the State of Arizona and appropriate local and regional entities, shall conduct a feasibility study of comprehensive water reclamation and reuse system for Southern Arizona. For the purpose of this section, the term “Southern Arizona” means those portions of the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, and Pinal within the Tucson Active Management Hydrologic Area as defined by the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
(b)The Federal share of the costs of the study authorized by this section shall not exceed 50 per centum of the total.
(c)The Secretary shall submit the report authorized by this section to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives not later than four years after appropriation of funds authorized by sections 390h to 390h–39 of this title.

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1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” before “of the House”.

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43 U.S.C. § 390h–7

Title 43Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73