---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 390h–12i"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "390h–12i"
heading: "Reclaimed water in Pasadena"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/390h-12i"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §390h–12i. Reclaimed water in Pasadena

- (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 City of Pasadena, California, reclaimed water project to obtain, store, and use reclaimed water in Pasadena and its service area, as well as neighboring communities.
- (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, § 1623, as added Pub. L. 104–266, § 2(a)(2), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3292.)