45-412. Subsequent active management areas;
criteria; review of groundwater basins not subject to active
management


A. The director may designate an area which is not included within an initial
active management area, pursuant to section 45-411, as a subsequent active management
area if the director determines that any of the following exists:


1. Active management practices are necessary to preserve the existing supply of
groundwater for future needs.


2. Land subsidence or fissuring is endangering property or potential groundwater
storage capacity.


3. Use of groundwater is resulting in actual or threatened water quality
degradation.


B. An active management area designated pursuant to this section may include more
than one groundwater basin but shall not be smaller than a groundwater basin or include
only a portion of a groundwater basin, except for the regional aquifer systems of
northern Arizona.


C. The director shall periodically review all areas which are not included within
an active management area to determine whether such areas meet any of the criteria for
active management areas as prescribed in this section.