43 U.S.C. § 524 : US Code - Section 524: Cooperation with irrigation districts, etc., in construction of reservoirs and canals

Search 43 U.S.C. § 524 : US Code - Section 524: Cooperation with irrigation districts, etc., in construction of reservoirs and canals

In carrying out the provisions of the said reclamation Act, and
Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, the Secretary of
the Interior is authorized, upon such terms as may be agreed upon,
to cooperate with irrigation districts, water-users' associations,
corporations, entrymen, or water users for the construction or use
of such reservoirs, canals, or ditches as may be advantageously
used by the Government and irrigation districts, water-users'
associations, corporations, entrymen, or water users for
impounding, delivering, and carrying water for irrigation purposes:
Provided, That the title to and management of the works so
constructed shall be subject to the provisions of section 498 of
this title: Provided further, That water shall not be furnished
from any such reservoir or delivered through any such canal or
ditch to any one landowner in excess of an amount sufficient to
irrigate one hundred and sixty acres: Provided, That nothing
contained in sections 523 to 525 of this title shall be held or
construed as enlarging or attempting to enlarge the right of the
United States, under existing law, to control the waters of any
stream in any State.