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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 45-551 (2026)

Application of article; limitation on transportation to active management areas; definition

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A. This article applies only to withdrawals of groundwater for transportation to active management areas.

B. Unless specifically authorized by this chapter, groundwater that is withdrawn in a groundwater basin or sub-basin outside of an initial active management area may not be transported directly or indirectly to an initial active management area.

C. Any transportation of groundwater that is authorized by this article is subject to payment of damages pursuant to section 45-545.

D. For purposes of this article, "transported indirectly" means through exchange, indirect recharge or any other method of providing water through reciprocation.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2008–2011 · leading case: Davis v. Agua Sierra Resources, L.L.C., 174 P.3d 298 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2008).
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Davis v. Agua Sierra Resources, L.L.C., 174 P.3d 298 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 5× “¶ 20 Although surface water and groundwater are subject to different regulatory regimes, none of the conveyances at issue specifies whether the reservation of “commercial water rights” was intended to encompass surface water, groundwater or both.”
Yavapai-Apache Nation v. Fabritz-Whitney, 260 P.3d 299 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “” The 1991 amendments, adding A.R.S. §§ 45-551 to -558 (Article 8.1), did not affect the overarching structure of the GMA Rather, Article 8.”
Davis v. Agua Sierra Resources, L.L.C., 203 P.3d 506 (Ariz. 2009). “The GMA thus regulates any withdrawal and transportation of groundwater from the CP Ranch to the City of Prescott. In general, the GMA provides that “[i]n areas outside of active management areas, a person may: 1.”
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