Bureau of Reclamation: Reclamation Law and the Allocation of Construction Costs for Federal Water Projects

T-RCED-97-150 Published: May 06, 1997. Publicly Released: May 06, 1997.

Highlights

GAO discussed the Bureau of Reclamation's financing of federal water projects, focusing on the: (1) evolution of reclamation law primarily from 1902 to 1982; and (2) allocation and repayment of construction costs for federal water projects among the projects' beneficiaries.

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Natural Resources and Environment

Construction costsCost sharing (finance)FloodsIntergovernmental fiscal relationsIrrigationLand reclamationMunicipal governmentsReimbursements to governmentWater resources developmentWater supply managementIrrigation projects