Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 45 > Chapter 2 > Article 15 - Certificate of Groundwater Oversupply

• 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or, in the case of the Santa Cruz active management area, active management of any water, other than stored water, withdrawn from a well.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
• District: means a groundwater replenishment district established under Title 48, Chapter 27. See Arizona Laws 45-701
• District member: means a member of the district as provided by Title 48, Chapter 27. See Arizona Laws 45-701
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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
• 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
• replenishment district: means a district that is established pursuant to Title 48, Chapter 27. See Arizona Laws 45-402
• Well: means a man-made opening in the earth through which water may be withdrawn or obtained from beneath the surface of the earth except as provided in Section 45-591. See Arizona Laws 45-402