---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch3C/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Conservation and Utilization Projects"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch3C-schII"
sections_count: 13
---

# Subchapter II — Conservation and Utilization Projects

Title 16 — Conservation › Chapter 3C — Water Conservation

## Sections

- [§590y. Authorization and purpose of investigation, construction, and maintenance of projects; title to projects; limitation on costs](/usc/16/590y.md)
- [§590z. Utilization of services, materials, funds, etc., of Federal, State, or municipal agencies, or of individuals](/usc/16/590z.md)
- [§590z–1. Prerequisites for construction of project](/usc/16/590z-1.md)
- [§590z–2. Repayment contracts](/usc/16/590z-2.md)
- [§590z–3. Settlement of projects on agricultural basis](/usc/16/590z-3.md)
- [§590z–4. Cooperative agreements with other agencies](/usc/16/590z-4.md)
- [§590z–5. Repealed.](/usc/16/590z-5.md)
- [§590z–6. Disposition of receipts from repayment contracts and project operations](/usc/16/590z-6.md)
- [§590z–7. Provisions for furnishing surplus power and municipal or miscellaneous water supplies](/usc/16/590z-7.md)
- [§590z–8. Authority of Secretary of the Interior over lands, contracts, water rights, etc.](/usc/16/590z-8.md)
- [§590z–9. Powers and duties of Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture; rules and regulations](/usc/16/590z-9.md)
- [§590z–10. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/16/590z-10.md)
- [§590z–11. Delegation of powers and duties by Secretary of the Interior](/usc/16/590z-11.md)