ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB 2024: water supply development; definition; snowpack

Sponsor: Representative Griffin, LD 19

Committee on Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Overview

Adds to the definition of water supply development to allow the Water Infrastructure Finance

Authority (WIFA) to fund or finance snowpack augmentation.

History

WIFA provides financial assistance to Arizona communities for construction, rehabilitation, or improvements of water infrastructure facilities in the form of financing, grants or the issuance of bonds. Additionally, WIFA supports water supply development, conservation and long-term water augmentation projects (A.R.S. Title 49, Chapter 8).

Currently water supply development means:

1) the act of acquiring water or the rights to contracts for water to increase the water supply; or

2) the planning, designing or building of water-related facilities, including any reviews, permits or plans necessary for those facilities, for any of the following purposes:

a. conveyance or delivery of water;

b. storage or recovery of water;

c. reclamation, remediation and reuse of water;

d. replenishment of groundwater;

e. active or passive stormwater recharge; or

f. conservation of water (A.R.S § 49-1201).

Provisions

1. Expands the definition of water supply development to include:

a. projects as it relates to planning, designing, building or developing water-related facilities including any reviews, permits or plans; and

b. snowpack augmentation pursuant to weather control and cloud modification statute. (Sec. 1)

2. Makes conforming changes. (Sec. 1)

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