Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60

§598 Salt River Project, Arizona; Sale of Water Power

Title 43 › Chapter 12— RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter XVII— LEGISLATION APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR PROJECTS GENERALLY › § 598

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the Salt River project in Arizona needs or can make power, the Secretary of the Interior may sell any extra power under contracts up to 50 years, giving cities first choice. Money from those sales must go into the project’s account under the contract with the Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association approved September 6, 1917. Sales must not reduce the project’s efficiency, need approval from the repaying water‑users’ association or irrigation district, and the contract may allow price changes at the end of 5-, 10-, or 20-year periods.

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Title 43, §598

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Whenever a development of power is necessary for the irrigation of lands under the Salt River reclamation project, Arizona, or an opportunity is afforded for the development of power under said project, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, giving preference to municipal purposes, to enter into contracts for a period not exceeding fifty years for the sale of any surplus power so developed, and the money derived from such sales shall be placed to the credit of said project for disposal as provided in the contract between the United States of America and the Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association, approved September 6, 1917: Provided, That no contract shall be made for the sale of such surplus power which will impair the efficiency of said project: Provided, however, That no such contract shall be made without the approval of the legally organized water-users’ association or irrigation district which has contracted with the United States to repay the cost of said project: Provided further, That the charge for power may be readjusted at the end of five-, ten-, or twenty-year periods after the beginning of any contract for the sale of power in a manner to be described in the contract.

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43 U.S.C. § 598

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60