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Lower Colorado Water Supply Act (P.L. 99-655).

Country/Territory
United States of America
Document type
Legislation
Date
1986
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Public Law 99-655, November 14, 1986, pp. 3665-3667.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Water supply Waterworks
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The purpose of this Act is to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contruct, operate, and maintain the Lower Colorado Water Supply project in California, in order to supply water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and recreational uses only. The Secretary of State is prohibited from constructing facilities with a total capacity in excess of ten thousand acre-feet per annum under the authority of this Act.

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