45-2455

45-2455. Water storage agreements; groundwater
savings facilities

A. The authority may not own, develop, operate or construct storage facilities but
may enter into contracts to reserve storage capacity at storage facilities and may pay
reasonable compensation for those reservations.

B. The authority may enter into agreements with storage facility permit holders to
store water at storage facilities and may pay reasonable compensation for the costs
associated with operating and maintaining a storage facility to the extent that the
storage facility is used to store water for the purposes of the authority.

C. To store water at a groundwater savings facility, the authority may enter into
agreements that require the recipients of in lieu water to pay to the authority all or
part of the cost of providing the in lieu water to the recipients.

D. Agreements entered into under this section shall not impede the ability of the
CAWCD to meet the obligations of its central Arizona project water service contracts and
subcontracts.