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( ( Section 9(c) of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (53 Stat. 887) which provides that subject, to recommendations regarding pa~~ents found in S. Doc. No. 191, 78th Cong., 2d Sess. (1944) etc., reclamation developments shall be governed by the Federal Reclamation Laws. Reclamation developments have historically served M&I requirements. Section 9(c)(2) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187) provides that tt.&I water service contracts "shall be for such periods, not to exceed forty years, and at such rates, as in the Secretary's judgment will produce revenues at least sufficient to cover an appropriate share of the annual operation and maintenance costs and an appropriate share of such fixed charges as the Secretary deems proper." The language last underlined is controlled, under the PSMBP, by the Congressionally endorsed reconunendati(.n in S. Doc. No. 191, at p. 2, that "Waterusers rural and urban would be expected to repay in accordance wi th their abil1 ty and the benefits extended theln." Benefits can be measured by alternative costs. In S. Doc. No. 191, at p. 26, basin-wide M&I benefits were estimated to be 101 per thousaud gallons which would a~ount to $32.50 per acre-foot. In H.R; Doc. No. 325, 86th Cong., at p. 81, 1.1&1 benefits on the Garrison Diversion Unit ~Tere estimated to approximate $17.24 per acre-foot. In S. Rep. No. 699, 90th Cong., at p. 5, M&I benefits on the Oahe Unit were estimated to approximate $28.70 per acre-foot. (2) Bureau authority for the sale of M&I water under the ps~rnp could also be premised on Title III of the Water Supply Act of 1958, supra. But this would involve a new allocation of costs with the attendant need for again resolving the benefits and appropriate repayment obligations of the varied project beneficiaries. 5 i ~' 'I