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REFERENCE TITLE:
reporting; groundwater pumping; measuring
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HB 2355
Introduced by
Representatives
Crews: Contreras P, Garcia, Liguori, Travers, Villegas
AN
ACT
amending
sections 45-402, 45-604, 45-632 and 45-2602, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to the groundwater code.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 45-402, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
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45-402.
Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Accounting period" means the calendar
year, except such other twelve-month period as may be otherwise agreed on
by the director and the owner of a farm or a district on behalf of its
landowners.
2. "Active management area" means a
geographical
geographic
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management of any water, other than stored water, withdrawn from a well.
3. "Animal industry use" means the
production, growing and feeding of livestock, range livestock or poultry, as
such
those
terms are defined in section 3-1201. Animal
industry use is included in the term and general treatment of industry in this
chapter, unless specifically provided otherwise.
4. "City" or "town" means a city
or town incorporated or chartered under the constitution and laws of this
state.
5. "Conservation district" means a multi-county
water conservation district established under title 48, chapter 22.
6. "Convey" means to transfer the
ownership of a grandfathered right from one person to another.
7. "Date of the designation of the active
management area" means:
(a) With respect to an initial active management
area, June 12, 1980.
(b) With respect to a subsequent active management
area, the date on which the director's order designating the active management
area becomes effective as provided in section 45-414 or the date on which
the final results of an election approving the establishment of the active
management area pursuant to section 45-415 are certified by the board of
supervisors of the county or counties in which the active management area is
located.
8. "Exempt well" means a well that has a
pump with a maximum capacity of not more than thirty-five gallons per
minute and that is used to withdraw groundwater pursuant to section 45-454.
9. "Expanded animal industry use" means
increased water use by an animal industrial enterprise on the land in use by
the enterprise on June 12, 1980 or on immediately adjoining land, excluding
irrigation uses.
10. "Farm" means an area of irrigated land
that is under the same ownership, that is served by a water distribution system
common to the irrigated land and to which can be applied common conservation,
water measurement and water accounting procedures.
11. "Farm
unit" means:
(a) With respect to
areas outside an active management area and with respect to an active
management area other than the Santa Cruz active management area, one or more
farms that are irrigated with groundwater and that are contiguous or in proximity
to each other with similar soil conditions, crops and cropping patterns.
(b) With respect to the Santa Cruz active management
area, one or more farms that are irrigated with water, other than stored water,
withdrawn from a well and that are contiguous or in proximity to each other
with similar soil conditions, crops and cropping patterns.
12. "Grandfathered right" means a right to
withdraw and use groundwater pursuant to article 5 of this chapter based on the
fact of lawful withdrawals and use of groundwater before the date of the
designation of an active management area.
13. "Groundwater basin" means an area
that, as nearly as known facts allow as determined by the director pursuant to
this chapter, may be designated so as to enclose a relatively hydrologically
distinct body or related bodies of groundwater, which shall be described
horizontally by surface description.
14. "Groundwater replenishment district"
or "replenishment district" means a district that is established
pursuant to title 48, chapter 27.
15. "Groundwater withdrawal permit" means
a permit issued by the director pursuant to article 7 of this chapter.
16. "Initial active management area" means
the Phoenix, Prescott or Pinal active management area established by section 45-411,
the Tucson active management area established by section 45-411 and
modified by section 45-411.02 and the Santa Cruz active management area
established by section 45-411.03.
17. "Integrated farming operation" means:
(a) With respect to land within an irrigation non-expansion
area, more than ten acres of land that are contiguous or in close proximity,
that may be irrigated pursuant to section 45-437, that are not under the
same ownership and that are farmed as a single farming operation.
(b) With respect to land
within an
active management area,
outside of an irrigation
non-expansion area,
two or more farms that are contiguous or in close
proximity, that collectively have more than ten irrigation acres and that are
farmed as a single farming operation.
18. "Irrigate" means to apply water to two
or more acres of land to produce plants or parts of plants for sale or human
consumption, or for use as feed for livestock, range livestock or poultry, as
such
those
terms are defined in section 3-1201.
19. "Irrigation acre" means an acre of
land, as determined in section 45-465, subsection B, to which an
irrigation grandfathered right is appurtenant.
20. "Irrigation district" means a
political subdivision, however designated, established pursuant to title 48,
chapter 17 or 19.
21. "Irrigation grandfathered right" means
a grandfathered right determined pursuant to section 45-465.
22. "Irrigation non-expansion area"
means a
geographical
geographic
area
that has been designated pursuant to article 3 of this chapter as having
insufficient groundwater to provide a reasonably safe supply for the irrigation
of the cultivated lands at the current rate of withdrawal.
23. "Irrigation use" means:
(a) With respect to areas outside an active
management area and with respect to an active management area other than the
Santa Cruz active management area, the use of groundwater on two or more acres
of land to produce plants or parts of plants for sale or human consumption, or
for use as feed for livestock, range livestock or poultry, as
such
those
terms are defined in section 3-1201.
(b) With respect to the Santa Cruz active management
area, the use of water, other than stored water, withdrawn from a well on two
or more acres of land to produce plants or parts of plants for sale or human
consumption, or for use as feed for livestock, range livestock or poultry, as
such
those
terms are defined in section 3-1201.
24. "Irrigation water duty" or "water
duty" means the amount of water in acre-feet per acre that is
reasonable to apply to irrigated land in a farm unit during the accounting
period, as determined by the director pursuant to sections 45-564 through
45-568 or as prescribed in section 45-483.
25. "Member land" means real property that
qualifies as a member land of a conservation district as provided by title 48,
chapter 22.
26. "Member service area" means the
service area of a city, town or private water company that qualifies as a
member service area of a conservation district as provided by title 48, chapter
22.
27. "Non-irrigation grandfathered
right" means a grandfathered right determined pursuant to section 45-463,
45-464, 45-469 or 45-472.
28. "Non-irrigation use" means:
(a) With respect to areas outside an active
management area and with respect to an active management area other than the
Santa Cruz active management area, a use of groundwater other than an
irrigation use.
(b) With respect to the Santa Cruz active management
area, a use of water, other than stored water, withdrawn from a well, other
than an irrigation use.
29. "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.
30. "Private water company" means:
(a) With respect to areas outside an active
management area and with respect to an active management area other than the
Santa Cruz active management area, any entity that distributes or sells
groundwater, except a political subdivision or an entity that is established
pursuant to title 48 and that is not regulated as a public service corporation
by the Arizona corporation commission under a certificate of public convenience
and necessity. A city or town is not a private water company.
(b) With respect to the Santa Cruz active management
area, any entity that distributes or sells water, other than stored water,
withdrawn from a well, except a political subdivision or an entity that is
established pursuant to title 48 and that is not regulated as a public service
corporation by the Arizona corporation commission under a certificate of public
convenience and necessity. A city or town is not a private water
company.
31. "Service area" means:
(a) With respect to a city or town, the area of land
actually being served water, for a non-irrigation use, by the city or
town plus:
(i) Additions to such area that contain an operating
distribution system owned by the city or town primarily for the delivery of
water for a non-irrigation use.
(ii) The service area of a city, town or private
water company that obtains its water from the city pursuant to a contract
entered into before the date of the designation of the active management area.
(b) With respect to a private water company, the
area of land of the private water company actually being served water, for a
non-irrigation use, by the private water company plus additions to such
area that contain an operating distribution system owned by the private water
company primarily for the delivery of water for a non-irrigation use.
32. "Service area of an irrigation
district" means:
(a) With respect to an irrigation district that was
engaged in the withdrawal, delivery and distribution of groundwater as of the
date of the designation of the active management area, the area of land within
the boundaries of the irrigation district actually being served water by the
irrigation district at any time during the five years preceding the date of the
designation of the active management area plus any areas as of the date of the
designation of the active management area within the boundaries of the
irrigation district that contain an operating system of canals, flumes, ditches
and other works owned or operated by the irrigation district. The
service area may be modified pursuant to section 45-494.01.
(b) With respect to an irrigation district that was
not engaged in the withdrawal, delivery and distribution of groundwater as of
the date of the designation of the active management area:
(i) The acres of member lands within the boundaries
of the irrigation district that were legally irrigated at any time from
January 1, 1975 through January 1, 1980 for initial active management
areas or during the five years preceding the date of the designation of the
active management area for subsequent active management areas.
(ii) Any areas of land that contain an operating
system of canals, flumes, ditches and other works owned or operated by the
irrigation district for the withdrawal, delivery and distribution of water,
except that additional areas containing an operating system of canals, flumes,
ditches and other works owned or operated by the irrigation district may not be
added after December 31, 2027.
33. "Stored water" means water that is
stored underground for the purpose of recovery pursuant to a permit issued
under chapter 3.1 of this title.
34. "Subbasin" means an area that, as
nearly as known facts allow as determined by the director pursuant to this
chapter, may be designated so as to enclose a relatively hydrologically
distinct body of groundwater within a groundwater basin, which shall be
described horizontally by surface description.
35. "Subsequent active management area"
means an active management area established after June 12, 1980 pursuant to
article 2 of this chapter.
36. "Subsidence" means the settling or
lowering of the surface of land that results from the withdrawal of
groundwater.
37. "Transportation" means the movement of
groundwater from the point of withdrawal to the point of use.
38. "Type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered
right" means a non-irrigation grandfathered right associated with
retired irrigated land and determined pursuant to section 45-463, 45-469
or 45-472.
39. "Type 2 non-irrigation grandfathered
right" means a non-irrigation grandfathered right not associated
with retired irrigated land and determined pursuant to section 45-464.
40. "Water district" means an active
management area water district that is established under title 48, chapter 28
and that has adopted an ordinance or resolution to undertake water district
groundwater replenishment obligations as defined and used in title 48, chapter
28, article 7.
41. "Water district member land" means
real property that qualifies as water district member land of a water district
as provided by title 48, chapter 28.
42. "Water district member service area"
means the service area of the city, town or private water company that
qualifies as a water district member service area of a water district as
provided by title 48, chapter 28.
43. "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 45-591.01.
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Sec. 2. Section 45-604, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
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45-604.
Water measuring devices
A. Except as provided in subsections B, C
,
and
D
and E
of
this section, a person who withdraws groundwater from a nonexempt well in an
active management area or an irrigation non-expansion area, a person who
withdraws water from a
non-exempt
nonexempt
well in the Santa Cruz active management area
,
or
a person who withdraws groundwater for transportation to an
initial active management area pursuant to article 8.1 of this chapter
or a person who withdraws groundwater from a nonexempt well under any
other circumstances and in any other location
shall use a water
measuring device approved by the director.
B. A person who holds a type 2 non-irrigation
grandfathered right or a groundwater withdrawal permit in the amount of ten or
fewer acre-feet per year is not required to use a water measuring device
to measure withdrawals pursuant to that grandfathered right or groundwater
withdrawal permit unless the person holds more than one such right or permit in
the aggregate amount of more than ten acre-feet per year and withdraws
more than ten acre-feet of groundwater per year pursuant to those rights
or permits from one well.
C. In an irrigation non-expansion area:
1. A person who withdraws ten or fewer acre-feet of
groundwater per year from a
non-exempt
nonexempt
well for a non-irrigation use is not required
to use a water measuring device to measure withdrawals from that well.
2. A person who withdraws groundwater from a
non-exempt
nonexempt
well for an
irrigation use is not required to use a water measuring device to measure
withdrawals from that well if both of the following apply:
(a) Groundwater withdrawn from the well for an
irrigation use is used only on land that is owned by a person who has the right
under section 45-437 to irrigate ten or fewer contiguous acres at the
place of the use.
(b) Groundwater withdrawn from the well is not used
on land that is part of an integrated farming operation.
D. In an active management area, a person, other
than an irrigation district, who withdraws groundwater from a
non-exempt
nonexempt
well for use pursuant to an irrigation
grandfathered right that is appurtenant to ten or fewer irrigation acres is not
required to use a water measuring device to measure withdrawals from that well
unless groundwater withdrawn from the well is also used pursuant to either a
service area right pursuant to article 6 of this chapter or a grandfathered
groundwater right other than an irrigation grandfathered right that is
appurtenant to irrigation acres that are exempt from irrigation water duties
pursuant to section 45-563.02.
E. For a nonexempt well other than a
NONEXEMPT well prescribed by subsections B, C and D of this section:
1. A person who withdraws ten or
fewer acre-feet of groundwater per year from a nonexempt well for a non-irrigation
use is not required to use a water measuring device to measure withdrawals from
that well.
2. A person who withdraws groundwater
from a nonexempt well for an irrigation use is not required to use a water
measuring device to measure withdrawals from that well if both of the following
apply:
(
a
) Groundwater
withdrawn from the well for an irrigation use is used only on land that is
owned by a person who has the right to irrigate ten or fewer contiguous acres
at the place of the use.
(
b
) Groundwater
withdrawn from the well is not used on land that is part of an integrated
farming operation.
E.
F.
The
director shall adopt rules setting forth the requirements and specifications
for water measuring devices.
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Sec. 3. Section 45-632, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
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45-632.
Records and annual report of groundwater pumping, transportation
and use; penalty
A. Each person who is required to file an annual
report under this section or who files an annual report under subsection E of
this section shall maintain current accurate records of the person's
withdrawals, transportation, deliveries and use of groundwater and, in the
Santa Cruz active management area, current accurate records of the person's
withdrawals, deliveries and use of all water withdrawn from a well, as
prescribed by the director under subsection
P
Q
of this section.
B. Except as provided in subsections C and D of this
section, an annual report shall be filed with the director by each person who:
1. Owns or leases a right under this chapter to
withdraw, receive or use groundwater in an active management area, unless a
report is filed for that person by an irrigation district under subsection E of
this section or by another person in a form acceptable to the director.
2. Uses groundwater
which
that
is transported from an active management area.
3. Is an individual user subject to a municipal
conservation requirement for appropriate conservation measures included in a
management plan adopted by the director pursuant to article 9 of this chapter.
4. Withdraws groundwater for transportation to an
initial active management area pursuant to article 8.1 of this chapter.
5. Withdraws water from a well in the Santa Cruz
active management area or who uses water, other than stored water, withdrawn
from a
non-exempt
nonexempt
well in the Santa Cruz active management area.
6. Withdraws groundwater from a
nonexempt well in a location outside of an active management area and outside
of an irrigation non-expansion area, except that a person who withdraws
groundwater for an irrigation use from a nonexempt well is exempt from annual
reporting requirements if the groundwater is used only on land that is owned by
a person who has the right to irrigate ten or fewer contiguous acres at the
place of use and the land is not part of an integrated farming operation of
more than ten acres.
C. Persons who withdraw groundwater from exempt
wells and non-irrigation customers of cities, towns, private water
companies and irrigation districts, except customers receiving water pursuant
to a permit, are exempt from the
record keeping
recordkeeping
and reporting requirements of this section for
such water.
D. A person who owns or leases an irrigation
grandfathered right that is appurtenant to ten or fewer irrigation acres is
exempt from the record keeping and reporting requirements of this section for
the irrigation grandfathered right unless one of the following applies:
1. The land to which the irrigation grandfathered
right is appurtenant is part of an integrated farming operation.
2. Groundwater is withdrawn from the land to which
the irrigation grandfathered right is appurtenant and delivered for use
pursuant to either a service area right pursuant to article 6 of this chapter
or a grandfathered groundwater right other than an irrigation grandfathered
right that is appurtenant to irrigation acres that are exempt from irrigation
water duties pursuant to section 45-563.02.
3. Groundwater is withdrawn from land that is both
owned by the owner of the irrigation grandfathered right and contiguous to the
land to which the irrigation grandfathered right is appurtenant and delivered
for use pursuant to either a service area right pursuant to article 6 of this
chapter or a grandfathered groundwater right other than an irrigation
grandfathered right that is appurtenant to irrigation acres that are exempt
from irrigation water duties pursuant to section 45-563.02.
E. An irrigation district
which
that
delivers and distributes groundwater in an active
management area may file an annual report with the director for each person who
holds an irrigation grandfathered right appurtenant to irrigation acres within
the service area of the irrigation district, if the irrigation district
delivers all the water used on the person's irrigation acres. If an
irrigation district files an annual report for such a person, the irrigation
district shall report the following information for each such person:
1. The name of the person and the certificate number
of the person's irrigation grandfathered right.
2. The quantity of groundwater, if any, delivered
during the calendar year.
F. Persons who are required to report under
subsection B, paragraph 1 of this section and who withdraw groundwater during
the calendar year in an active management area shall report the following
information for each well:
1. The registration number and location of the well.
2. The quantity of groundwater withdrawn from the
well during the calendar year. A person who, under section 45-604,
subsection B, is not required to use and does not use a water measuring device
to measure withdrawals made pursuant to a type 2 non-irrigation grandfathered
right or a groundwater withdrawal permit shall estimate the quantity of
groundwater withdrawn pursuant to the grandfathered right or withdrawal permit.
3. The quantity of fuel or electricity consumed by
the pump during the calendar year.
4. The uses to which the groundwater was applied or
the persons to whom the groundwater was delivered during the calendar year.
G. Persons who are required to report under
subsection B, paragraph 1 of this section and who use groundwater during the
calendar year in an active management area and persons who are required to
report under subsection B, paragraph 2 of this section shall report the
following information:
1. The source of the groundwater, including:
(a) The name of the person from whom the groundwater
was obtained.
(b) The registration number and location of the
well, if known.
2. The quantity of groundwater used during the
calendar year.
3. The specific uses to which the groundwater was
applied during the calendar year.
H. Persons who are required to report under
subsection B, paragraph 4 of this section and who transport groundwater during
the calendar year to an initial active management area under article 8.1 of
this chapter shall report the following information:
1. The registration number and location of each
well.
2. The quantity of groundwater withdrawn from each
well during the calendar year.
3. The quantity of groundwater transported during
the calendar year to an initial active management area.
4. The quantity of groundwater that was withdrawn
during the calendar year and that was not transported to an initial active
management area and the uses to which the groundwater was applied.
5. The quantity of fuel or electricity consumed by
each pump during the calendar year.
6. The uses to which the groundwater was applied or
the persons to whom the groundwater was delivered during the calendar year.
I. Persons who are required to report under
subsection B, paragraph 1 of this section and who neither withdraw nor use
groundwater during the calendar year shall report the following information:
1. The fact that no groundwater was withdrawn or
used during the calendar year.
2. The registration number and location of each
well, if any.
J. Persons who are required to report under
subsection B, paragraph 5 of this section and who withdraw water from a
non-exempt
nonexempt
well in the Santa
Cruz active management area during the calendar year shall report the following
information:
1. The registration number and location of the well.
2. The quantity of water, by type, withdrawn from
the well during the calendar year.
3. The quantity of fuel or electricity consumed by
the pump during the calendar year.
4. The uses to which the
water
groundwater
was applied or the persons to whom the water was
delivered during the calendar year.
K. Persons who are required to report under
subsection B, paragraph 5 of this section and who use water withdrawn from a
non-exempt
nonexempt
well in the Santa
Cruz active management area during the calendar year shall report the following
information:
1. The source of the water, including:
(a) The name of the person from whom the water was
obtained.
(b) The registration number and location of the
well, if known.
2. The quantity of the water, by type, used during
the calendar year.
3. The specific uses to which the water was applied
during the calendar year.
L. Persons who are required to report
under subsection B, paragraph 6 of this section and who withdraw groundwater
from a nonexempt well during the calendar year shall report the following
information:
1. The registration number and
location of the well.
2. The quantity of groundwater
withdrawn from the well during the calendar year, except that a person who,
under section 45-604, subsection E, paragraph 1, is not required to use a water
measuring device shall estimate the quantity of groundwater withdrawn.
3. The quantity of fuel or
electricity consumed by the pump during the calendar year.
4. The uses to which the groundwater
was applied or the persons to whom the groundwater was delivered during the
calendar year.
5. The quantity of the groundwater
used during the calendar year.
L.
M.
If
a person both withdraws groundwater in an active management area and uses such
water, the person may combine the information required by subsections F and G
of this section into one report. If a person both withdraws water,
other than stored water, from a non-exempt well in the Santa Cruz active
management area and uses such water, the person may combine the information
required by subsections J and K of this section into one report.
M.
N.
The
director may require such other information in the report as may be necessary
to accomplish the management goals of the applicable active management area.
N.
O.
Each
report shall contain either a sworn statement or a certification, under penalty
of perjury, that the information contained in the report is true and correct
according to the best belief and knowledge of the person filing the report.
O.
P.
The
annual report shall be maintained on a calendar year basis and shall be filed
with the director no later than March 31 of each year for the preceding
calendar year. If a person who is required under this section to
file an annual report for calendar year 1985 or any subsequent calendar year
fails to file a report for the calendar year in question on or before March 31
of the following year, the director may assess and collect a penalty of
twenty-five dollars
$25
for each month or
portion of a month that the annual report is delinquent. The total
penalty assessed under this subsection shall not exceed
one
hundred fifty dollars
$150
. The
director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all
penalties collected under this subsection in the state general fund.
P.
Q.
The
records and reports required to be kept and filed under this section shall be
in such form as the director prescribes. The director shall prepare
blank forms and distribute them on a timely schedule throughout each active
management area and furnish them
upon
on
request. Failure
to receive or obtain the forms does not relieve any person from keeping the
required records or making any required report. The director shall cooperate
with cities and towns, private water companies and irrigation districts in
establishing the form of the records and reports to be kept and filed by them.
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Sec. 4. Section 45-2602, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
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45-2602.
Establishment of
southside protection zones; reporting requirements
A. The following southside protection zones are
established on
the effective date of this section
December 14, 2007
:
1. The eastern protection zone north.
2. The eastern protection zone south.
3. The western municipal and industrial protection
zone.
4. The western municipal protection zone.
5. The central protection zone.
B. The boundaries of
the southside protection zones established under subsection A
of
this section
are shown on the maps that are dated March 25, 2002 and
that are on file in the department.� The maps shall be available for
examination by the public during regular business hours.
C. Each person in the Pinal active management area
who withdraws underground water during a calendar year in a southside
protection zone established under this section, other than the central
protection zone, shall file an annual report with the director no later than
March 31 of each year for the preceding calendar year.� The report shall
contain the following information in addition to any other information required
by section 45-632:
1. The amount of underground water withdrawn within
the southside protection zone and the name of the protection zone.
2. If the underground water was used for a
nonirrigation use, the purpose for which the underground water was used, the
location of the use, the acreage of the parcel or parcels of land on which the
underground water was used and the date the use commenced.
3. The amount of any water replenished during the
year pursuant to section 45-2611, subsection B, paragraph 2, the water
use for which the water was replenished and the manner in which the water was
replenished.
4. The amount of any water replaced during the year
pursuant to section 45-2611, subsection B, paragraph 3, the water use for
which the water was replaced and the manner in which the water was replaced.
D. A person who is required to file an annual report
for a year under subsection C of this section:
1. Shall use a water measuring device approved by
the director unless exempt under section 45-604.
2. Shall maintain current accurate records of the
person's withdrawals, transportation, deliveries and use of underground water
as prescribed by the director.�
3. May combine the report with an annual report for
the same year filed under section 45-632.�
4. Shall comply with the requirements prescribed in
section 45-632, subsections
N,
O
,
and
P and
Q and
is subject to the
penalties prescribed in section 45-632, subsection
O
P
as if the report was required by section 45-632.
E. A person who withdraws underground water from an
exempt well is exempt from the record keeping and reporting requirements of
subsections C and D of this section.� For the purposes of this subsection,
"exempt well" means a well that has a pump with a maximum capacity of
not more than thirty-five gallons per minute, that is used to withdraw
underground water and that would qualify as an exempt well under section 45-454
if used to withdraw groundwater.
F. If stored water is
withdrawn in the Pinal active management area in a southside protection zone
established under this section, other than the central protection zone, the
annual report filed under section 45-875.01, subsection D shall include:
1. The amount of stored water withdrawn within the
southside protection zone and the name of the protection zone.
2. If the stored water was used for a nonirrigation
use, the purpose for which the water was used, the acreage of the parcel or
parcels of land on which the water was used, the location of the use and the
date the use commenced.
3. The identification of the storage facility in
which the water was stored.
4. The amount of any water replenished during the
year pursuant to section 45-2611, subsection B, paragraph 2, the water
use for which the water was replenished and the manner in which the water was
replenished.
5. The amount of any water replaced during the year
pursuant to section 45-2611, subsection B, paragraph 3, the water use for
which the water was replaced and the manner in which the water was replaced.
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