(a) General authorityThe Secretary, in cooperation with the city of Phoenix, Arizona, shall participate in the planning, design, and construction of the Phoenix Metropolitan Water Reclamation and Reuse Project to utilize fully wastewater from the regional wastewater treatment plant for direct municipal, industrial, agricultural and environmental purposes, groundwater recharge and indirect potable reuse in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
(b) Federal shareThe Federal share of the costs associated with the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 per centum of the total. The Secretary shall not provide funds for operation or maintenance of the project.
(Pub. L. 102–575, title XVI, § 1608, Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4666; Pub. L. 103–437, § 16(a)(2), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4594; Pub. L. 106–53, title V, § 596, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 384.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments1999—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–53, § 596(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows: “The Secretary, in cooperation with the city of Phoenix, Arizona, shall conduct a feasibility study of the potential for development of facilities to utilize fully wastewater from the regional wastewater treatment plant for direct municipal, industrial, agricultural, and environmental purposes, groundwater recharge and direct potable reuse in the Phoenix metropolitan area, and in cooperation with the city of Phoenix design and construct facilities for environmental purposes, ground water recharge and direct potable reuse.”
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–53, § 596(2), struck out first sentence which read as follows: “The Federal share of the costs of the study authorized by this section shall not exceed 50 per centum of the total.”
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–53, § 596(3), struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: “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 two years after appropriation of funds authorized by sections 390h to 390h–15 of this title.”
1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” before “of the House”.