---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 390h–12a"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "390h–12a"
heading: "North San Diego County Area Water Recycling Project"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/390h-12a"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §390h–12a. North San Diego County Area Water Recycling Project

- (a) **Authorization—** The [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7), in cooperation with the appropriate [State](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) and local authorities, is authorized to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the North San Diego County Area Water Recycling Project, consisting of projects to reclaim and reuse water within service areas of the San Elijo Joint Powers Authority, the Leucadia County Water District, the City of Carlsbad, and the Olivenhain Municipal Water District, California.
- (b) **Cost share—** The Federal share of the cost of a project described in [subsection (a)](#a) shall not exceed 25 percent of the total cost.
- (c) **Limitation—** The [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) shall not provide funds for the operation or maintenance of a project described in [subsection (a)](#a).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–575, title XVI, § 1615, as added Pub. L. 104–266, § 2(a)(2), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3290.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1615 of Pub. L. 102–575 was renumbered section 1631 and is classified to section 390h–13 of this title.