Arizona Administrative Code › Title 12 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 15 - Department of Water Resources › Article 13 - WELL SPACING REQUIREMENTS; REPLACEMENT WELLS IN APPROXIMATELY THE SAME LOCATION › Section R12-15-1308 - Replacement Wells in Approximately the Same Location

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. For purposes of A.R.S. §§
									45-544,
				45-596,
				and
				45-597,
				a replacement well in approximately the same location is a proposed well to
				which all of the following apply:
1. The
				proposed well will be located no greater than 660 feet from the original well,
				and the location of the original well can be determined at the time the notice
				of intention to drill the proposed well is filed;
2. Except as provided in subsections (A)(3)
				and (A)(4) of this Section, the proposed well will not annually withdraw an
				amount of water in excess of the maximum annual capacity of the original well.
				The director shall determine the maximum annual capacity of the original well
				by multiplying the maximum pump capacity of the original well in gallons per
				minute by 525,600, and then converting the result into acre-feet by dividing
				the result by 325,851 gallons. The director shall presume that the maximum pump
				capacity of the original well is the maximum pump capacity of the well in
				gallons per minute as shown in the Department's well registry records, except
				that:
a. If the director has reason to believe
				that the maximum pump capacity as shown in the Department's well registry
				records is inaccurate, or if the applicant submits evidence demonstrating that
				the maximum pump capacity as shown in the Department's well registry records is
				inaccurate, the director shall determine the maximum pump capacity by
				considering all available evidence, including the depth and diameter of the
				well and any evidence submitted by the applicant; or
b. If the Department's well registry records
				do not show the maximum pump capacity of the original well, the director shall
				not approve the proposed well as a replacement well in approximately the same
				location unless the applicant demonstrates to the director's satisfaction the
				maximum pump capacity of the original well;
3. If a well permit was issued for the
				original well under A.R.S. §
										45-599,
				the proposed well will not annually withdraw an amount of groundwater in excess
				of the maximum annual volume set forth in the well permit;
4. If a recovery well permit was issued for
				the well to be replaced pursuant to A.R.S. §
										45-834.01(B)
				 and the permit sets forth a maximum annual
				volume of stored water that may be recovered from the well, the proposed well
				will not annually recover an amount of stored water in excess of the maximum
				annual volume set forth in the recovery well permit;
5. If the well to be replaced has been
				physically abandoned in accordance with
				R12-15-816, a notice
				of intention to drill the proposed well is filed no later than 90 days after
				the well to be replaced was physically abandoned; and
6. If the proposed well will be used to
				withdraw groundwater from the Little Colorado river plateau groundwater basin
				for transportation away from the basin pursuant to A.R.S. §
										45-544(B)(1),
				one of the following applies:
a. The original
				well was drilled on or before January 1, 1991, or was drilled after that date
				pursuant to a notice of intention to drill that was on file with the Department
				on that date; or
b. The director
				previously determined that the withdrawal of groundwater from the original well
				for transportation away from the Little Colorado river plateau groundwater
				basin complies with
				R12-15-1304.