Arizona Laws 45-551. Application of article; limitation on transportation to active management areas; definition
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A. This article applies only to withdrawals of groundwater for transportation to active management areas.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-551
- 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or, in the case of the Santa Cruz active management area, active management of any water, other than stored water, withdrawn from a well.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
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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
- Groundwater basin: means an area that, as nearly as known facts allow as determined by the director pursuant to this chapter, may be designated so as to enclose a relatively hydrologically distinct body or related bodies of groundwater, which shall be described horizontally by surface description. See Arizona Laws 45-402
- Initial active management area: means the Phoenix, Prescott or Pinal active management area established by section 45-411, the Tucson active management area established by section 45-411 and modified by Section 45-411. See Arizona Laws 45-402
- Transportation: means the movement of groundwater from the point of withdrawal to the point of use. See Arizona Laws 45-402
B. Unless specifically authorized by this chapter, groundwater that is withdrawn in a groundwater basin or sub-basin outside of an initial active management area may not be transported directly or indirectly to an initial active management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.