Southern California

The Secretary is authorized to conduct a study to assess the feasibility of a comprehensive water reclamation and reuse system for Southern California. For the purpose of sections 390h to 390h–39 of this title , the term “Southern California” means those portions of the counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernadino, Riverside, San Diego, and Ventura within the south coast and Colorado River hydrologic regions as defined by the California Department of Water Resources.

Source

43 USC § 390h-4(a)


Scoping language

None identified, default scope is assumed to be the parent (subchapter I) of this section.
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