根据1958年《供水法》及其修正案的规定，许多城市、市政供水区和其他非联邦实体已就联邦多用途水库的市政和工业供水储存容量签订了合同。在过去，为市政和工业供水分配存储容量以及相关的赞助安排一直是规划和建设新联邦水库项目过程中不可或缺的一部分。最近，城市和其他市政和工业用水供应商越来越多地将已完成的联邦水库项目的蓄水重新分配和相关运营改造视为满足日益增长的用水需求的潜在供应源。 未来对现有设施的需求将继续加剧。作者从制度的角度概述了联邦多功能水库在市政和工业供水中的作用，特别侧重于现有项目中的蓄水重新分配。包括4个参考文献、表格、图表。

Numerous cities, municipal water districts, and other nonfederal entities have contracted for municipal and industrial water supply storage capacity in federal multipurpose reservoirs, under the provisions of the 1958 Water Supply Act and amendments thereto. In the past, allocation of storage capacity to municipal and industrial water supply and associated sponsorship arrangements have been an integral part of the process of planning and constructing new federal reservoir projects. More recently, cities and other municipal and industrial water suppliers are increasingly viewing storage reallocations and related operational modifications of completed federal reservoir projects as potential sources of supply for meeting growing water needs. Demands on existing facilities will continue to intensify in the future. The author outlines, from an institutional perspective, the role of federal multipurpose reservoirs in municipal and industrial water supply, with a particular focus on storage reallocations at existing projects. Includes 4 references, table, figure.