Colorado River Basin Water Security and Infrastructure Act

(a) Feasibility study. The Secretary shall conduct a feasibility study for a Federal water storage, conveyance, or augmentation project located in Arizona or serving Arizona that increases the dependable water supply available to the Central Arizona Project.

(b) Relation to existing law. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consider and update the reconnaissance investigations authorized under section 201 of the Colorado River Basin Project Act (43 U.S.C. 1511) and the authorities governing the Central Arizona Project under section 301 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1521).

(c) Project types. The projects studied under this section may include—

(1) a dam and reservoir;

(2) an off-stream storage facility;

(3) a pipeline or other conveyance facility;

(4) a desalination or advanced water treatment facility;

(5) an aquifer recharge facility; or

(6) another project that increases the dependable water supply available to the Central Arizona Project.

(d) Construction. Upon completion of a feasibility study, the Secretary shall submit the recommended project to Congress and may commence construction of the project upon a determination that—

(1) the project is technically feasible;

(2) the project is economically feasible;

(3) the project will provide a measurable increase in the dependable water supply available to Arizona; and

(4) the project can be constructed and operated consistent with applicable Federal law.