33 U.S.C. § 2324 : US Code - Section 2324: Reduced pricing for certain water supply storage

Search 33 U.S.C. § 2324 : US Code - Section 2324: Reduced pricing for certain water supply storage

(a) Provision of storage space
If a low income community requests the Secretary to provide water
supply storage space in a water resources development project
operated by the Secretary and if the amount of space requested is
available or could be made available through reallocation of water
supply storage space in the project or through modifications to
operation of the project, the Secretary may provide such space to
the community at a price determined under subsection (c) of this
section.
(b) Maximum amount of storage space
The maximum amount of water supply storage space which may be
provided to a community under this section may not exceed an amount
of water supply storage space sufficient to yield 2,000,000 gallons
of water per day.
(c) Price
The Secretary shall provide water supply storage space under this
section at a price which is the greater of -
(1) the updated construction cost of the project allocated to
provide such amount of water supply storage space or $100 per
acre foot of storage space, whichever is less; and
(2) the value of the benefits which are lost as a result of
providing such water supply storage space.
(d) Determinations
For purposes of subsection (c) of this section, the
determinations of updated construction costs and value of benefits
lost shall be made by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent
information available.
(e) Inflation adjustment of dollar amount
The $100 amount set forth in subsection (c) of this section shall
be adjusted annually by the Secretary for changes in the Consumer
Price Index of All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
(f) Non-Federal responsibilities
Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the
responsibility of non-Federal interests to provide operation and
maintenance costs assigned to water supply storage provided under
this section.
(g) "Low income community" defined
The term "low income community" means a community with a
population of less than 20,000 which is located in a county with a
per capita income less than the per capita income of two-thirds of
the counties in the United States.