Tex. Water Code § 51.157
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 51.157, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 51.157. CONSTRUCTION CHARGES UNDER A CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES.
Official statutory text
The construction charges under a contract with the United States may include the cost of drainage and flood-control works necessary to control floods or to maintain the irrigability of district land, and the cost of incidental electric power and municipal water service which the water supply of the reclamation project makes feasible.
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