Sec. 411. Drought Planning Assistance through NRCS and Reclamation
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The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, in collaboration with the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall, upon request, provide assistance to water or power delivery authorities, including water districts and irrigation districts, that are authorized under subtitle F of title IX of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 42 U.S.C. 10362 et seq. ) to receive financial assistance from the Bureau of Reclamation, for the purposes of increasing water use efficiency and providing on-farm assistance to address water quantity and water quality conservation practices. Assistance under subsection
(a)shall include— hydrological forecasting; assessment of water supply sources under different water year classification types; identification of alternative water supply sources; guidance on potential water transfer partners; technical assistance regarding Federal and State permits and contracts under the Act of February 21, 1911 (36 Stat. 925, chapter 141) (commonly known as the Warren Act ); installation of districtwide or on-farm water efficiency and conservation technologies, including behavioral water efficiency, system modernizations (including leak repair and supervisory control and data acquisition systems), and other technologies that have been proven to provide improvements in water use efficiency through verification by a third party; technical assistance regarding emergency provision of water supplies for critical health and safety purposes; and activities carried out in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Integrated Drought Information System, and the State partners of the National Integrated Drought Information System under the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006 ( 15 U.S.C. 313d )— to collect and integrate key indicators of drought severity and impacts; and to produce and communicate timely monitoring and forecast information to local and regional communities.
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