[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR427.1]

[Page 633]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
      CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 427--WATER CONSERVATION RULES AND REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 427.1  Water conservation.

    (a) In general. The Secretary shall encourage the full consideration 
and incorporation of prudent and responsible water conservation measures 
in all districts and for the operations by non-Federal recipients of 
irrigation and municipal and industrial (M&I) water from Federal 
Reclamation projects.
    (b) Development of a plan. Districts that have entered into 
repayment contracts or water service contracts according to Federal 
reclamation law or the Water Supply Act of 1958, as amended (43 U.S.C. 
390b), shall develop and submit to the Bureau of Reclamation a water 
conservation plan which contains definite objectives which are 
economically feasible and a time schedule for meeting those objectives. 
In the event the contractor also has provisions for the supply of M&I 
water under the authority of the Water Supply Act of 1958 or has invoked 
a provision of that act, the water conservation plan shall address both 
the irrigation and M&I water supply activities.
    (c) Federal assistance. The Bureau of Reclamation will cooperate 
with the district, to the extent possible, in studies to identify 
opportunities to augment, utilize, or conserve the available water 
supply.