48-3771. District replenishment obligations;
replenishment location; source of replenishment; exception
A. For each active management area in which member lands or member service areas
are or may be located, the district shall replenish groundwater in an amount equal to the
groundwater replenishment obligation for that active management area. Except as provided
in section 48-3781, subsection G, the district shall complete the replenishment of the
groundwater replenishment obligation of that active management area applicable to a
particular year within three full calendar years after the year that the district incurs
the groundwater replenishment obligation. Replenishment of the groundwater replenishment
obligation of an active management area applicable to a particular year is complete when
the amount of water added to aquifers through water storage that has been credited
directly to the district's conservation district account pursuant to title 45, chapter
3.1, plus long-term storage credits that have been transferred from the district's
long-term storage account to its conservation district account pursuant to title 45,
chapter 3.1, less the groundwater replenishment obligation of member lands and member
service areas located in the active management area and applicable to previous years,
less the contract replenishment obligations relative to municipal providers in the active
management area for previous years and the year of the calculation, equals or exceeds the
groundwater replenishment obligation of the active management area for that year.
B. With respect to the portion of the groundwater replenishment obligation
attributable to a parcel of member land or a member service area, the district shall
replenish groundwater in the active management area where the parcel of member land or
the member service area is located in an amount equal to the groundwater replenishment
obligation applicable to that parcel of member land or that member service area.
C. Except as provided by title 45, chapter 3.1, the district may replenish
groundwater with central Arizona project water or water from any other lawfully available
source except groundwater withdrawn from within an active management area.
D. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a parcel of member land
is included in the service area of a municipal provider that is not a member service area
but that has been designated as having an assured water supply under section 45-576, the
parcel of member land has no parcel replenishment obligation and the district has no
groundwater replenishment obligation attributable to that parcel of member land for as
long as the designation remains in effect.
E. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a parcel of member land
is included in the service area of a municipal provider that is a member service area and
that has been designated as having an assured water supply under section 45-576, the
parcel of member land has no further parcel replenishment obligation.
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