Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§2245 Excess Storage and Carrying Capacity
Title 43 › Chapter 40— RECLAMATION STATES EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF › Subchapter III— GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 2245
Summary
Secretary may contract with water entities to store and carry non‑project water for beneficial uses using facilities of Central Valley, Cachuma, Ventura River (CA), Truckee Storage, and Washoe (CA/NV); may also exchange water at Cachuma (CA).
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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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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
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note set out under section 523 of this title and Tables.
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43 U.S.C. § 2245
Title 43 — Public Lands
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Apr 5, 2026
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