A. The director may issue a temporary permit to a person to withdraw groundwater for dewatering purposes if the director determines that:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-518

  • Active management area: means a geographical area that has been designated pursuant to article 2 of this chapter as requiring active management of groundwater or, in the case of the Santa Cruz active management area, active management of any water, other than stored water, withdrawn from a well. See Arizona Laws 45-402
  • Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • Groundwater: means water under the surface of the earth regardless of the geologic structure in which it is standing or moving. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Permit: means a permit to withdraw groundwater which is issued by the director pursuant to this article. See Arizona Laws 45-511
  • Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, society, estate or trust, any other private organization or enterprise, the United States, any state, territory or country or a governmental entity, political subdivision or municipal corporation organized under or subject to the constitution and laws of this state. See Arizona Laws 45-402
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215

1. Dewatering is necessary for the construction or the structural integrity of improvements on the land from which the groundwater is proposed to be withdrawn.

2. Dewatering is consistent within the management plan for the active management area.

3. The groundwater to be withdrawn pursuant to the permit will be used beneficially by a person who would otherwise be permitted to use groundwater under this title, including the applicant to the extent the applicant could otherwise withdraw and use groundwater under this title, unless the applicant demonstrates that it would be infeasible for any such person to put the groundwater to a beneficial use.

4. Dewatering will not harm any person permitted to withdraw or use groundwater under this title.

B. Subject to subsection C of this section, a permit issued pursuant to this section may be issued for a period of up to five years and may be extended for additional five year periods if the director determines that the conditions specified in subsection A of this section continue to apply.

C. The director shall monitor withdrawals of groundwater pursuant to a temporary dewatering permit or extension and shall terminate the permit if the conditions specified in subsection A or B of this section no longer apply.

D. During the period in which an application for a temporary dewatering permit is under consideration by the director pursuant to this article, the director may issue an emergency temporary dewatering permit to the applicant if the director determines that immediate dewatering is necessary for the construction or structural integrity of improvements on the land from which the groundwater is proposed to be withdrawn, that property damage or inordinate expense or delay would result if the applicant is not allowed to begin dewatering immediately and that dewatering will not harm any person permitted to withdraw or use groundwater under this title. The director may issue an emergency temporary dewatering permit without complying with section 45-523. The director shall monitor withdrawals of groundwater pursuant to the emergency temporary dewatering permit and shall terminate the permit if the conditions that gave rise to its issuance no longer apply or if a temporary dewatering permit is issued or denied.

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