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§390g Groundwater Recharge of Aquifers; Demonstration Program

Title 43 › CHAPTER 12 — RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 390g

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, must carry out a two‑phase study and set up demonstration projects to recharge groundwater aquifers in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming (the High Plains States) and in the other Reclamation Act States named in section 391. Funds from these sections cannot be used for projects in those states that would use water from the Great Lakes drainage basin, and the Bureau must work with the U.S. Geological Survey and other federal and state agencies to do the work.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §390g

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The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”), acting through the Bureau of Reclamation (hereinafter referred to as the “Bureau”), shall, in two phases, conduct an investigation of and establish demonstration projects for groundwater recharge of aquifers in the States of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming (such States to be hereinafter referred to as the “High Plains States”) and in the other States referred to in section 391 of this title (hereinafter referred to as “other Reclamation Act States”), as provided by sections 390g to 390g–8 of this title: Provided, That funds made available pursuant to sections 390g to 390g–8 of this title shall not be used for the study or construction of groundwater recharge demonstration projects in the High Plains States and other Reclamation Act States which would utilize water originating in the drainage basin of the Great Lakes. The Bureau shall consult with the United States Geological Survey and other appropriate agencies and departments of the United States and of the High Plains States and other Reclamation Act States in order to carry out sections 390g to 390g–8 of this title.

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Short Title

Pub. L. 98–434, § 1, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1675, provided: “That this Act [enacting sections 390g to 390g–8 of this title] may be cited as the ‘High Plains States Groundwater Demonstration Program Act of 1983’.”

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 390g

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102