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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session |
House: NREW DP 5-2-1-2 |
HB 2753: groundwater replenishment; Pinal AMA
Sponsor: Representative Martinez, LD 16
House Engrossed
Overview
Allows a municipal provider that applies for a new designation of assured water supply in the Pinal active management area (AMA) to assume the replenishment obligations of member service lands that are located within the provider’s service area.
Groundwater Code and Assured Water Supply
The Groundwater Management Code (Code), enacted in 1980 established the statutory framework to regulate and control the use of groundwater in Arizona. The Code’s Assured and Adequate Water Supply Program requires a developer to provide information on a proposed subdivision’s water supplies to the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) before the land can be offered for sale or lease. Specific requirements apply depending on whether the subdivision is inside or outside an AMA (A.R.S. § 45-576) (ADWR).
Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District
The Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District (CAGRD) is a function of the Central Arizona Project that replenishes groundwater pumped by its members and provides a way to comply with requirements of the assured water supply program (AWS) (CAGRD). Any person proposing to offer subdivided lands for sale or lease in an active management area is required to apply for and obtain a certificate of assured water supply issued by the Director of ADWR before presenting the plat for approval to the city, town or county in which the land is located. The Director is required to adopt and carry out rules providing for a reduction in water demand for an application for designation of an AWS (A.R.S. § 45-576).
Provisions
1. Includes metallurgical to the processing permits that are exempt from sale of lands or developments. (Sec.1)
2. Prohibits an owner of subdivided lands for residential purposes from being required to provide or pay for a water source to reduce a replenishment obligation incurred from subdivided land as a condition for receiving a designation of assured water supply or a written commitment of water from a municipal or private water company designated as having an assured water supply. (Sec.1)
3. Allows a municipal provider that applies for a new designation of AWS in the Pinal AMA to assume replenishment obligations for member lands in the municipal service area and to allow the member lands to retain a replenishment obligation. (Sec. 1)
4. Removes the requirement for ADWR to amend rules related to member lands in a designation of assured water supply. (Sec.1)
5. Strikes previous ADWR rule adoption date. (Sec.2)
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HB 2753
Initials CW Page 0 House Engrossed
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