ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

Senate: NR DP 5-3-0-0 | Third Read 16-12-2-0

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

SB 1200: assured water supply; certificate; model.

S/E: bodies of water; effluent; landscaping

Sponsor: Senator Shope, LD 16

Committee on Natural Resources, Energy & Water

 

Summary of the Strike-Everything Amendment to SB 1200

Overview

Allows a person to use a qualifying body of water in an active management area (AMA) for transporting other types of water if the owner or operator meets specific requirements.

History

There are currently eight AMAs that are subject to regulation according to the Arizona Groundwater Code. There are four initial AMAs (Phoenix, Pinal, Prescott and Tucson) and four subsequent AMAs (Douglas, Ranegras, Santa Cruz and Willcox).

Body of water means a body of water in an AMA, including a lake, pond, lagoon or swimming pool that has a surface area greater than 12,320 square feet and that is filled or refilled for landscape, scenic or recreational purposes. A body of water that is used incidentally for landscape, scenic or recreational purposes is deemed not to be filled or refilled for those purposes (ADWR)(A.R.S. § 45-131).

Provisions

1.   Enables a person to use a body of water that was constructed within an AMA before January 1, 2026, as a conduit for transporting other types of water for landscaping or other purposes by combining the effluent with the water used if the owner or operator of the body of water:

a.   uses approved measuring devices to measure the total volume of delivered and withdrawn water for landscaping or other purposes and the total volume of delivered effluent in a year;

b.   adds effluent to the body of water each year that is at least the difference between the amount of withdrawn water and the amount of delivered water in the calendar year; and

c. reports to the Director, by March 31st of the following year, the total volume of delivered water and effluent and withdrawn water used for landscaping or other purposes in the calendar year. (Sec. 1)

2.   Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)

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6.   Initials CW/HC               SB 1200

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