We have made great strides in managing groundwater supplies in the five designated Active Management Areas.
Rules requiring use of renewable water supplies for new residential development are in place.
The CAP is complete and efforts to increase utilization of Arizona's allocation have been successful. A series of sometimes complex amendments to the Act, including regulations for storage and recovery of renewable water supplies and the 1996 formation of the Arizona Water Banking Authority, have introduced flexibility and foresight into water planning. For many reasons. Let's start with a simple one. Millions of people who currently live in Arizona have no knowledge of the rationale for and performance of the Act.