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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 390h. Program to investigate reclamation and reuse of wastewater and groundwater; general authority
(a) Program established
The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter "Secretary"), acting
pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 1902 (Act of June 17, 1902, 32
Stat. 388) and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto
(hereafter "Federal reclamation laws"), is directed to undertake a
program to investigate and identify opportunities for reclamation
and reuse of municipal, industrial, domestic, and agricultural
wastewater, and naturally impaired ground and surface waters, for
the design and construction of demonstration and permanent
facilities to reclaim and reuse wastewater, and to conduct
research, including desalting, for the reclamation of wastewater
and naturally impaired ground and surface waters.
(b) States included
Such program shall be limited to the States and areas referred to
in section 1 of the Reclamation Act of 1902 (Act of June 17, 1902,
32 Stat. 388) [43 U.S.C. 391] as amended, and the State of Hawaii.
(c) Agreements and regulations
The Secretary is authorized to enter into such agreements and
promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the
purposes and provisions of sections 390h to 390h-17 of this title.
(d) San Luis Unit of Central Valley Project, California
The Secretary shall not investigate, promote or implement,
pursuant to sections 390h to 390h-17 of this title, any project
intended to reclaim and reuse agricultural wastewater generated in
the service area of the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley
Project, California, except those measures recommended for action
by the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program in the report entitled A
Management Plan for Agricultural Subsurface Drainage and Related
Problems on the Westside San Joaquin Valley (September 1990).
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