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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session |
House: NREW DP 6-3-0-1 |
HB 2568: conservation requirements; industrial water use
Sponsor: Representative Griffin, LD 19
Caucus & COW
Overview
Requires the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) to include conservation requirements for qualifying active management areas (AMAs) as part of management plans for the fifth management period or for subsequent AMAs.
History
Arizona’s Groundwater Code, enacted in 1980, prescribed uses of groundwater…to conserve, protect and allocate its use…and provide a framework for the comprehensive management and regulation of the withdrawal, transportation, use, conservation and conveyance of rights to use groundwater in this state (A.R.S. § 45-401).
As part of the management framework, the Code initially designated four AMAs and two Irrigation Non-Expansion Areas (INAs). Currently there are seven AMAs: Phoenix, Pinal, Prescott, Tucson, Santa Cruz, Douglas and Willcox (ADWR) (A.R.S. §§ 45-411,45-411.03).
Current law requires ADWR to adopt a series of five management plans for each AMA, beginning in 1980 and running through 2025 containing progressively more rigorous management requirements for agricultural, municipal and industrial water users. The plans include mandatory conservation programs designed to achieve reductions in groundwater withdrawals and apply to persons withdrawing, distributing or receiving groundwater. (A.R.S. Title 45, chapter 2, article 9).
Provisions
1. Requires, for qualifying Active Management Areas, the ADWR Director to include conservation requirements for industrial uses of water that meet all the following criteria:
a) are within or outside the service area of a designated service provider;
b) are not subject to conservation requirements other than a requirement to submit a plan relating to efficiencies of water use pursuant to an AMA management plan; and
c) use more than 100 acre-feet of water per year. (Sec. 1)
2. Provides that conservation requirements include:
a) on-site water reuse;
b) recycling; and
c) efficiency requirements. (Sec. 1)
3. States that a person who uses water for an industrial use may not be required to do any of the following:
a) obtain a certificate of assured water supply;
b) develop within the service area of a municipal provider designated as having an assured water supply; or
c) enroll as a member of the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District (CAGRD) or meet a replenishment obligation. (Sec. 1)
4. Defines qualifying active management area as an AMA where the legislature has specifically authorized establishment of an alternative path to designation of assured water supply and an agricultural to municipal use program. (Sec. 1)
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