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Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-73not60

§390h–7 Tucson Area Water Reclamation Study

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must study whether a full water reclamation and reuse system should be built for Southern Arizona, working with the State of Arizona and local and regional groups. Southern Arizona means the parts of Pima, Santa Cruz, and Pinal counties inside the Tucson Active Management Hydrologic Area. The federal government will pay no more than 50% of the study cost. The Secretary must send the study report to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources within four years after funds are appropriated under sections 390h to 390h–39.

Full Legal Text

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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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 390h–7

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60