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AZ Rev Stat § 45-525 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-525 - Registry of permits; reporting

45-525.  Registry of permits;  reporting A. The director shall establish and maintain a registry of permits for each active management area. The registry shall include a copy of each permit in the active management area and such other pertinent information as the director determines is necessary. B. A person to whom a permit is issued shall notify the director of a change in name or mailing address,  a change in point of withdrawal or a conveyance of a permit pursuant to section 45-520. A person to whom a permit is conveyed shall notify the director of the conveyance and shall furnish information as required by the director to keep the registry current and accurate. The director shall have continuing jurisdiction and shall issue revised permits as necessary. C. The director may require holders of permits to file additional information with the annual report required by section 45-632 as necessary to keep the registry current and accurate. For purposes of this article,  " holder"  means a person to whom a permit is issued or a person to whom a permit is conveyed.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-526 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-526 - Appeals

45-526.  Appeals A person whose application is denied or a person who contested a permit by filing a proper objection pursuant to section 45-523 may seek judicial review of the decision in the superior court.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-527 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-527 - Modification of permit

45-527.  Modification of permit A permittee may seek modification of an unexpired groundwater withdrawal permit and renewal of a permit within six months prior to the date of the expiration of the permit. All permit modifications or renewal applications shall be treated in the same manner as the initial permit application and are subject to the same criteria used in issuing the initial permit.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-528 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-528 - Revocation of permits

45-528.  Revocation of permits A. After an administrative hearing in the active management area in which the use is located,  the director may permanently,  or temporarily,  in whole or in part,  revoke a groundwater withdrawal permit for any of the following reasons: 1. For a material false statement in an application to initiate,  modify or renew a permit,  or for a material false statement in any report required to be filed by a person withdrawing or using groundwater pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. 2. For violation of the terms of the permit. 3. For failure to exercise a permit for five or more consecutive years. B. The director may revoke a groundwater withdrawal permit with the written consent of the permittee and in such case a hearing is not required. C. Section 45-114,  subsections A and B govern administrative proceedings,  rehearing or review and judicial review of final decisions of the director under this section.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-541 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-541 - Transportation within a sub-basin

45-541.  Transportation within a sub-basin A. Groundwater which is withdrawn pursuant to a grandfathered right or a groundwater withdrawal permit or from an exempt well may be transported without payment of damages within a sub-basin of an active management area,  subject to the limitations on location of use in sections 45-472 and 45-473. B. Groundwater which is withdrawn by a city,  town or private water company within its service area may be transported without payment of damages within its service area within a sub-basin of an active management area. C. Groundwater which is withdrawn by a city,  town or private water company within its service area may be transported pursuant to a delivery contract authorized by section 45-492,  subsection C,  without payment of damages,  within a sub-basin of an active management area. D. Groundwater which is withdrawn by an irrigation district within its service area may be transported without payment of damages within its service area within a sub-basin of an active management area.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-542 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-542 - Transportation between sub-basins or away from an active management area; irrigation grandfathered right; type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right

45-542.  Transportation between sub-basins or away from an active management area;  irrigation grandfathered right;  type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right A. Groundwater which is withdrawn pursuant to an irrigation grandfathered right may be transported between sub-basins of an active management area or away from an active management area,  subject to the limitations on location of use in section 45-472. B. Groundwater which is withdrawn pursuant to a type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right may be transported between sub-basins of an active management area or away from an active management area,  subject to the limitations on location of use in section 45-473,  except that groundwater withdrawn pursuant to a type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right may be transported away from an initial active management area only pursuant to any of the following: 1. A type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right acquired under section 45-463 and appurtenant to land in the Tucson active management area,  if the groundwater is used for the extraction or processing of minerals in an adjacent active management area or groundwater basin. 2. Section 45-469,  subsection I. C. Transportations of groundwater pursuant to this section are not subject to payment of damages if the amount transported does not exceed three acre-feet per acre per year withdrawn from retired irrigated land. Transportations of groundwater pursuant to an irrigation grandfathered right in excess of three acre-feet per acre per year withdrawn from retired irrigated land are subject to payment of damages.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-543 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-543 - Transportation between sub-basins or away from an active management area; damages; non-irrigation grandfathered right not associated with retired irrigated land; service area withdrawals; permit; exempt well

45-543.  Transportation between sub-basins or away from an active management area;  damages;  non-irrigation grandfathered right not associated with retired irrigated land;  service area withdrawals;  permit;  exempt well A. Groundwater may be transported between sub-basins of an active management area or away from an active management area,  subject to payment of damages,  if the groundwater is withdrawn: 1. Pursuant to a type 2 non-irrigation grandfathered right,  except that groundwater withdrawn pursuant to a type 2 non-irrigation grandfathered right may not be transported away from the Pinal active management area to another initial active management area for the purpose of demonstrating and providing an assured water supply. 2. By a city,  town or private water company within its service area and transported within its service area,  except that groundwater withdrawn by a city,  town or private water company within its service area may not be transported away from the Pinal active management area. 3. By an irrigation district within its service area and transported within its service area. 4. Pursuant to a groundwater withdrawal permit. 5. From an exempt well. B. Groundwater that is withdrawn by a city,  town or private water company within its service area may be transported pursuant to a delivery contract authorized by section 45-492,  subsection C between sub-basins of an active management area and shall be subject to payment of damages unless the groundwater is withdrawn pursuant to a type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right. C. Groundwater that is withdrawn and transported to an active management area pursuant to article 8.1 of this chapter may be transported between sub-basins of the active management area without payment of damages.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-545 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-545 - Damage rules applicable to all transportations of groundwater

45-545.  Damage rules applicable to all transportations of groundwater A. In active management areas and in areas outside of active management areas,  in any action to recover damages,  neither injury to nor impairment of the water supply of any landowner shall be presumed from the fact of transportation. B. In determining whether there has been injury and the extent of any injury,  the court shall consider all acts of the person transporting groundwater toward the mitigation of injury including: 1. Retirement of land from irrigation. 2. Discontinuance of other preexisting uses of groundwater. 3. Water conservation techniques. 4. Procurement of additional sources of water which benefit the active management area,  sub-basin or landowners within the active management area or sub-basin. C. The court may award reasonable attorney fees,  expert witness expenses and fees and court costs to the prevailing party.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-546 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-546 - Weed and dust control

45-546.  Weed and dust control A person shall maintain property that is owned or controlled by the person and from which groundwater is or will be transported pursuant to this article free of noxious weeds as defined in section 3-201,  Russian thistles (salsola kali) and blowing dust that creates a threat to health or safety.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-551 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-551 - Application of article; limitation on transportation to active management areas; definition

45-551.  Application of article;  limitation on transportation to active management areas;  definition A. This article applies only to withdrawals of groundwater for transportation to active management areas. B. Unless specifically authorized by this chapter,  groundwater that is withdrawn in a groundwater basin or sub-basin outside of an initial active management area may not be transported directly or indirectly to an initial active management area. C. Any transportation of groundwater that is authorized by this article is subject to payment of damages pursuant to section 45-545. D. For purposes of this article,  " transported indirectly"  means through exchange,  indirect recharge or any other method of providing water through reciprocation.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-553 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-553 - Transportation of groundwater withdrawn in Butler Valley groundwater basin to an initial active management area

45-553.  Transportation of groundwater withdrawn in Butler Valley groundwater basin to an initial active management area A. Groundwater may be withdrawn from land owned by this state or by a political subdivision of this state in the Butler Valley groundwater basin for transportation to an initial active management area. B. Title to land in the Butler Valley groundwater basin that is owned by this state or a political subdivision of this state and from which groundwater is withdrawn for transportation to an initial active management area may be sold,  exchanged or otherwise conveyed only to this state or to another political subdivision of this state.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-557 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-557 - Requirements for transporting groundwater to an initial active management area; exception

45-557.  Requirements for transporting groundwater to an initial active management area;  exception A. Except as provided in subsections B and C of this section: 1. The director shall not consider groundwater that is being or will be withdrawn in a groundwater basin or sub-basin pursuant to this article or the Pinal active management area and transported to an initial active management area for purposes of determining or providing an assured water supply pursuant to section 45-576 if the groundwater is being or will be used by a city,  town or private water company that was offered but did not sign a central Arizona project water delivery subcontract. 2. A city,  town or private water company that has signed a central Arizona project water delivery subcontract may not use groundwater withdrawn in a groundwater basin or sub-basin pursuant to this article or the Pinal active management area and transported to an initial active management area until it has both: (a) Demonstrated that it has the physical capacity,  including the water treatment plant and delivery system,  to accept delivery of ninety-five per cent of its central Arizona project water entitlement under its central Arizona project water delivery subcontract. (b) Accepted delivery of or exchanged eighty per cent or more of the central Arizona project water available to it under its central Arizona project water delivery subcontract in at least one of the three years immediately preceding the year it intends to begin using groundwater transported away from a groundwater basin or sub-basin pursuant to this article or the Pinal active management area. B. Subsection A of this section does not apply to groundwater withdrawn in the Big Chino sub-basin of the Verde river groundwater basin and transported to an adjoining initial active management area pursuant to section 45-555. C. Groundwater transported to an adjoining initial active management area pursuant to section 45-555,  subsections E and F shall be deemed to be legally available under the rules adopted pursuant to section 45-576.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-558 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-558 - Weeds and dust

45-558.  Weeds and dust A person shall maintain property owned by the person and from which groundwater is or will be transported pursuant to this article free of noxious weeds as defined in section 3-201,  Russian thistles (salsola kali) and blowing dust that creates a threat to health or safety.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-559 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-559 - Well spacing requirements for withdrawing groundwater for transportation to an active management area

45-559.  Well spacing requirements for withdrawing groundwater for transportation to an active management area Except as provided in section 45-554,  subsection A and except for groundwater withdrawn and transported pursuant to section 45-555,  subsections E and F,  a person may not use a well constructed after September 21,  1991 for the purpose of withdrawing groundwater for transportation to an active management area pursuant to article 8.1 of this chapter unless the person wishing to use the well for that purpose applies to the director for approval and the director approves the application. The director shall approve the application if the director determines that the withdrawals for that purpose will not unreasonably increase damage to surrounding land or other water users from the concentration of wells. In making this determination,  the director shall follow the criteria for proposed withdrawals in the rules adopted pursuant to section 45-598,  subsection A.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-562 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-562 - Management goals for active management areas

45-562.  Management goals for active management areas A. The management goal of the Tucson,  Phoenix and Prescott active management areas is safe-yield by January 1,  2025,  or such earlier date as may be determined by the director. B. The management goal of the Pinal active management area is to allow development of non-irrigation uses as provided in this chapter and to preserve existing agricultural economies in the active management area for as long as feasible,  consistent with the necessity to preserve future water supplies for non-irrigation uses. C. The management goal of the Santa Cruz active management area is to maintain a safe-yield condition in the active management area and to prevent local water tables from experiencing long-term declines. D. Except as otherwise provided for the Santa Cruz active management area,  all initial active management areas are subject to all provisions of this chapter.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-563 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-563 - Management plans in active management areas; management periods; general provisions

45-563.  Management plans in active management areas;  management periods;  general provisions A. The director shall develop a management plan for each initial active management area for each of five management periods pursuant to the guidelines prescribed in sections 45-564 through 45-568 and shall adopt the plans only after public hearings held pursuant to sections 45-570 and 45-571. The plans shall include a continuing mandatory conservation program for all persons withdrawing,  distributing or receiving groundwater designed to achieve reductions in withdrawals of groundwater. B. The director shall develop a management plan for the Santa Cruz active management area for the third,  fourth and fifth management periods pursuant to the guidelines prescribed in sections 45-566,  45-566.01,  45-567,  45-567.01,  45-568 and 45-568.01 and shall adopt the plans only after public hearings held pursuant to sections 45-570 and 45-571. The plans shall include a continuing mandatory conservation program designed to achieve the management goal of the active management area for all persons withdrawing water,  other than stored water,  from a well and all persons distributing or receiving water,  other than stored water,  from a well. The plans shall also include criteria for the location of new wells and replacement wells in new locations consistent with the management goal of the active management area.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-563.01 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-563.01 - Water conservation report; per capita use; non-per capita conservation programs

45-563.01.  Water conservation report;  per capita use;  non-per capita conservation programs At least once every three years the director shall issue a report containing: 1. The per capita water use in the service area of each municipal provider in each active management area. 2. A brief description and evaluation of the efforts to promote water conservation by each municipal provider that is subject to a non-per capita conservation program established under this article. 3. Any other information the director deems appropriate to allow the public to assess and compare the water conservation efforts of municipal providers in each active management area.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-563.02 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-563.02 - Exemption from irrigation water duties; small irrigation grandfathered rights; criteria; conservation requirement; exception

45-563.02.  Exemption from irrigation water duties;  small irrigation grandfathered rights;  criteria;  conservation requirement;  exception A. A person who is entitled to use groundwater pursuant to an irrigation grandfathered right is exempt from any irrigation water duties or intermediate water duties established for the farm to which the right is appurtenant under sections 45-564,  45-565,  45-566,  45-567 and 45-568 if both of the following apply: 1. There are ten or fewer irrigation acres in the farm. 2. The farm is not part of an integrated farming operation. B. The director shall not establish irrigation water duties or intermediate water duties under section 45-566,  45-567 or 45-568 for a farm to which both of the following apply: 1. There are ten or fewer irrigation acres in the farm. 2. The farm is not part of an integrated farming operation. C. Except as provided in subsection D of this section,  a person who is exempt from the irrigation water duties established for a farm pursuant to subsection A of this section or who owns or uses groundwater on a farm for which irrigation water duties are prohibited in subsection B of this section shall not allow any groundwater to flow off the surface of the farm's irrigation acres unless the groundwater is used for a reasonable and beneficial use approved in writing by the director. D. A person who is required under subsection C of this section to prevent groundwater from flowing off the surface of a farm's irrigation acres may apply to the director for an exemption from the requirement. The director may grant the exemption if the person demonstrates to the satisfaction of the director that one of the following applies: 1. Preventing groundwater from flowing off the surface of the farm's irrigation acres would not be economically feasible. 2. Any groundwater that will flow off the surface of the farm's irrigation acres will be used by a person with an exempt well in lieu of groundwater that otherwise would have been withdrawn from that well.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-569 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-569 - Management goals and management plans for subsequent active management areas

45-569.  Management goals and management plans for subsequent active management areas A. Within thirty days of the designation of a subsequent active management area pursuant to article 2 of this chapter,  the director shall establish a management goal for the active management area and the number of years in which the goal is to be achieved. B. Not later than two years after the designation of a subsequent active management area,  the director shall promulgate an initial management plan for the active management area and may provide for subsequent management plans to be promulgated during the time set for achieving the management goal. If the director determines that active management is necessary to preserve the existing supply of groundwater for future needs or that land subsidence or fissuring is endangering property or potential groundwater storage capacity,  the director,  in developing the plan or plans,  shall include measures for reducing groundwater withdrawals which follow as closely as practicable the program set forth in sections 45-564 through 45-568. If the director determines that active management is necessary because the use of groundwater is resulting in actual or threatened groundwater quality degradation,  the director shall,  in cooperation with the department of environmental quality,  include in the plan or plans a program for prevention or amelioration of groundwater quality problems and a schedule for implementation of the proposed solutions. The director shall submit such program to the legislature for any necessary enabling legislation or coordination with existing programs of the department of environmental quality. C. All management plans,  including the management goal,  for a subsequent active management area,  shall be adopted only after public hearings pursuant to sections 45-570 and 45-571.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-570 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-570 - Hearing on management plans; notice; procedures

45-570.  Hearing on management plans;  notice;  procedures A. The director shall hold a public hearing on each proposed management plan in each active management area prior to final adoption of the management plan. B. The director shall give notice of the hearing within thirty days after the proposed management plan is completed. The notice shall include a summary of the management plan,  a map or a description of the boundaries of the active management area,  and the time and place of the hearing. The notice shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the active management area is located. C. The hearing shall be held at a location within the active management area as soon as practicable but no less than thirty days and no more than sixty days after the first publication of the notice of the hearing. D. At the hearing,  the director shall present data in support of the adoption of the proposed management plan and a summary of the comments on the draft management plan made to the director by the groundwater users advisory council pursuant to section 45-421,  paragraph 1. Any person may appear at the hearing either in person or by representative and submit oral or documentary evidence for or against the adoption of the management plan.