42 U.S.C. § 1962d-4 : US Code - Section 1962D-4: Northeastern United States water supply

Search 42 U.S.C. § 1962d-4 : US Code - Section 1962D-4: Northeastern United States water supply

(a) Plans for Federal construction, operation, and maintenance of
reservoir system within certain river basins and conveyance and
purification facilities through cooperation of Secretary of the
Army and government agencies; financial participation of States
Congress hereby recognizes that assuring adequate supplies of
water for the great metropolitan centers of the United States has
become a problem of such magnitude that the welfare and prosperity
of this country require the Federal Government to assist in the
solution of water supply problems. Therefore, the Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to
cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies in preparing
plans in accordance with the Water Resources Planning Act [42
U.S.C. 1962 et seq.] to meet the long-range water needs of the
northeastern United States. This plan may provide for the
construction, operation, and maintenance by the United States of
(1) a system of major reservoirs to be located within those river
basins of the northeastern United States which drain into the
Chesapeake Bay, those that drain into the Atlantic Ocean north of
the Chesapeake Bay, those that drain into Lake Ontario, and those
that drain into the Saint Lawrence River, (2) major conveyance
facilities by which water may be exchanged between these river
basins to the extent found desirable in the national interest, and
(3) major purification facilities. Such plans shall provide for
appropriate financial participation by the States, political
subdivisions thereof, and other local interests.
(b) Construction, operation, and maintenance of reservoirs and
conveyance and purification facilities
The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers,
shall construct, operate, and maintain those reservoirs, conveyance
facilities, and purification facilities, which are recommended in
the plan prepared in accordance with subsection (a) of this
section, and which are specifically authorized by law enacted after
October 27, 1965.
(c) Reservoirs as components of river basin and water supply plans
Each reservoir included in the plan authorized by this section
shall be considered as a component of a comprehensive plan for the
optimum development of the river basin in which it is situated, as
well as a component of the plan established in accordance with this
section.