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This bill makes technical corrections to Arizona's groundwater transportation regulations, specifically modifying Section 45-557 of the Arizona Revised Statutes. The bill clarifies rules about transporting groundwater between groundwater basins or sub-basins to an initial active management area (AMA). Under the updated law, a city, town, or private water company that has signed a Central Arizona Project (CAP) water delivery subcontract can only use transported groundwater after meeting two specific conditions: first, demonstrating the physical capacity to accept 95 percent of its CAP water entitlement, and second, having accepted or exchanged 80 percent or more of its available CAP water in at least one of the three preceding years. The bill also makes minor grammatical changes, such as standardizing the spelling of "percent" throughout the text. An exception is noted for groundwater from the Big Chino sub-basin of the Verde river groundwater basin, and the bill ensures that groundwater transported to an adjoining initial active management area under certain conditions will be considered legally available for water supply purposes.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/81758