Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-110

§390h–9 San Francisco Area Water Reclamation Study

Title 43 › CHAPTER 12 — RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 390h–9

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must work with the city and county of San Francisco to study whether demonstration projects and permanent facilities can be built to reclaim water in the San Francisco area for export and reuse elsewhere in California. The federal share of the study costs may be no more than 50 percent, and the Secretary must send the report to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources within five years after funds are appropriated under sections 390h to 390h–39.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §390h–9

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(a)General authority
The Secretary, in cooperation with the city and county of San Francisco, shall conduct a feasibility study of the potential for development of demonstration and permanent facilities to reclaim water in the San Francisco area for the purposes of export and reuse elsewhere in California.
(b)Federal share
The Federal share of the costs of the study authorized by this section shall not exceed 50 per centum of the total.
(c)Report
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 five years after appropriation of funds authorized by sections 390h to 390h–39 of this title.

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Amendments

1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–266 substituted “five” for “four”. 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–9

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110