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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session
REVISED
appropriation; Page; water infrastructure projects
Purpose
Appropriates $41,916,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2024 to the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) to distribute to the City of Page for water infrastructure projects.
Background
The City of Page was incorporated in 1975 and is home of the Glen Canyon Dam and the Lake Powell reservoir (Page). Page receives 50 percent of their electricity from the Glen Canyon Dam (Page Utility; USBR). Page has a wastewater treatment plant that treats all sewage from the city and uses effluent water to water the golf courses and provides adequate storage of water that is not used during the winter (Page Utility).
S.B. 1469 appropriates $41,916,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 to ADWR.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $41,916,000 from the state GF in FY 2024 to the ADWR to distribute to the City of Page for water infrastructure projects.
2. Requires the appropriation to be distributed as follows:
a) $5,416,000 for expansion of the wastewater treatment plant;
b) $13,500,000 for the design and construction of a pipeline; and
c) $23,000,000 for the design and construction of an intake pump station.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Revisions
· Corrects the fiscal impact statement to reflect the appropriation.
Senate Action
NREW 2/26/23 DP 7-0-0
APPROPS 2/23/23 DP 8-2-0
Prepared by Senate Research
February 14, 2023
RA/SF/slp