; and (2) (A) of the Corps of Engineers for which water supply is an authorized purpose; or (B) for which the Secretary develops a water control manual under section 7 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the Flood Control Act of 1944 ) (58 Stat. 890, chapter 665; 33 U.S.C. 709 ). (b) Emergency operation during drought Consistent with other authorized project purposes and in coordination with the non-Federal interest, in operating a covered project during a drought emergency in the project area, the Secretary may carry out a pilot program to operate the covered project with water supply as the primary project purpose. (c) Updates In carrying out this section, the Secretary may update the water control manual for a covered project to include drought operations and contingency plans. (d) Requirements In carrying out subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure that— (1) operations described in that subsection— (A) are consistent with water management deviations and drought contingency plans in the water control manual for the covered project; (B) impact only the flood pool managed by the Secretary; and (C) shall not be carried out in the event of a forecast or anticipated flood or weather event that would require flood risk management to take precedence; (2) to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary uses forecast-informed reservoir operations