Arizona Laws 48-4471. Acquiring water from district members
A. The district shall accept delivery, either directly or through exchange, from a district member of any of the following water that the district member is legally entitled to use for a non-irrigation purpose unless the district lacks sufficient capacity to accept delivery of the water or to replenish the water to the aquifer:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 48-4471
- District: means a groundwater replenishment district established under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- member: means a municipality that contains a service area and petitions for the formation of the district or petitions for the expansion of the district pursuant to this title. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- Multi-county water conservation district: means a political subdivision established pursuant to chapter 22 of this title. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- Replenish: means to increase the amount of groundwater in a district either incidentally or through water storage undertaken pursuant to Title 45, Chapter 3. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Water acquisition costs: means the cost of acquiring water for use by the district in fulfilling its replenishment obligations pursuant to sections 48-4470, 48-4472 and 48-4501, including costs of purchase or lease of water, energy costs for transporting water, operation costs, maintenance costs, withdrawal or severance taxes paid in connection with the water, capital costs for headworks, well or transmission facilities constructed at a water source and interest on monies that are borrowed to acquire water. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
1. Central Arizona project water.
2. Colorado river water.
3. Effluent.
4. Groundwater withdrawn outside of the district.
5. Surface water pursuant to decreed or appropriative rights.
B. The district member shall pay any costs of acquiring the water delivered to the district under this section, including any amount due pursuant to its municipal and industrial water service subcontract with the United States and a multi-county water conservation district. The district member shall pay to the district any water acquisition costs incurred by the district in accepting delivery of the water and replenishing the water into the aquifer.
C. For each year in which the district accepts delivery of a portion of a district member’s water pursuant to this section, the district shall issue credits to the member pursuant to section 48-4465 in an amount equal to the amount of the district member’s water delivered to the district that will reach the aquifer pursuant to water storage undertaken pursuant to Title 45, Chapter 3.1.