Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§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
Summary
The Secretary must study with San Francisco building water-reclamation facilities there to export and reuse water in California. Federal funds may pay up to 50% of the study, and the Secretary must report to Senate and House committees within five years after appropriation under sections 390h to 390h–39.
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Title 43, §390h–9
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(a)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)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 five years after appropriation of funds authorized by sections 390h to 390h–39 of this title.
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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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43 U.S.C. § 390h–9
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60