43 U.S.C. § 390h–3 — Research and demonstration projects

(a) Reclamation of wastewater and ground and surface waters: The Secretary may conduct research and build, run, and maintain cooperative demonstration projects that develop and show off treatment technologies for reclaiming municipal, industrial, domestic, and agricultural wastewater, plus naturally impaired ground and surface water. The federal share of a demonstration project's costs, including operation and maintenance, cannot exceed 50 percent of the total. Rights to any inventions made under this section follow the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, as amended by the Technology Transfer Act of 1986. (b) Long Beach Desalination Research and Development Project: (1) The Secretary, working with the city of Long Beach, the Central Basin Municipal Water District, and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, may help design, plan, and build the Long Beach Desalination Research and Development Project in Los Angeles County, California. (2) The federal share of this project's cost cannot exceed 50 percent of the total. (3) The Secretary may not fund the project's operation or maintenance. (c) Las Vegas Area Shallow Aquifer Desalination Research and Development Project: (1) The Secretary, working with the Southern Nevada Water Authority, may help design, plan, and build the Las Vegas Area Shallow Aquifer Desalination Research and Development Project in Clark County, Nevada. (2) The federal share of this project's cost cannot exceed 50 percent of the total. (3) The Secretary may not fund the project's operation or maintenance. (d) Federal contribution: A federal contribution of more than 25 percent for a project under this section cannot happen until the Secretary decides the project would not be workable without that extra contribution.