Arizona Laws 45-894.01. Use for replenishment purposes
A. After the qualification of any real property as member land pursuant to section 48-3774 or the qualification of any service area as a member service area pursuant to section 48-3780, a conservation district may use the facilities and excess storage capacity of any state demonstration project located in the active management area in which the member land or a member service area is located for replenishment purposes. The groundwater replenished by the conservation district using the facilities and excess storage capacity of a state demonstration project shall not be water stored in the state demonstration project.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-894.01
- 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
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- State demonstration project: means a project for the storage of excess central Arizona project water at an underground storage facility pursuant to permits issued under this chapter and in accordance with this article. See Arizona Laws 45-892.01
B. A conservation district may operate and maintain a state demonstration project and may simultaneously store water for other purposes, including replenishment, at the same storage facility.