Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 45-563 (2026)

Management plans in active management areas; management periods; general provisions

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A. The director shall develop a management plan for each initial active management area for each of five management periods pursuant to the guidelines prescribed in sections 45-564 through 45-568 and shall adopt the plans only after public hearings held pursuant to sections 45-570 and 45-571. The plans shall include a continuing mandatory conservation program for all persons withdrawing, distributing or receiving groundwater designed to achieve reductions in withdrawals of groundwater.

B. The director shall develop a management plan for the Santa Cruz active management area for the third, fourth and fifth management periods pursuant to the guidelines prescribed in sections 45-566, 45-566.01, 45-567, 45-567.01, 45-568 and 45-568.01 and shall adopt the plans only after public hearings held pursuant to sections 45-570 and 45-571. The plans shall include a continuing mandatory conservation program designed to achieve the management goal of the active management area for all persons withdrawing water, other than stored water, from a well and all persons distributing or receiving water, other than stored water, from a well. The plans shall also include criteria for the location of new wells and replacement wells in new locations consistent with the management goal of the active management area.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1994–2011 · leading case: Arizona Water Co. v. Arizona Dep't of Water Resources, 91 P.3d 990 (Ariz. 2004).
Arizona Water Co. v. Arizona Dep't of Water Resources, 91 P.3d 990 (Ariz. 2004). · cites it 6× “2 A.R.S. § 45-563(A). For the Tucson, Phoenix, and Prescott AMAs, the Code’s “management goal” was to establish “safe-yield,” a balance between the amount of groundwater withdrawn and the amount naturally and artificially recharged, A.”
Arizona Water Co. v. Arizona Dep't of Water Resources, 73 P.3d 1267 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 12× “For all management plans, A.R.S. § 45-563 requires "a continuing mandatory conservation program for all persons withdrawing, distributing or receiving groundwater" (emphasis added).”
Arizona Mun. Water Users Ass'n v. Arizona Dep't of Water Resources, 888 P.2d 1323 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 6× “A.R.S. § 45-563 (1994). The water management goal for the Phoenix, Prescott, and Tucson AMAs is “safe yield” 3 by January 1, 2025.”
TDB Tucson Grp., L.L.C. v. City of Tucson, 263 P.3d 669 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “A.R.S § 45-563(A). For the Tucson AMA, the " 'management goal’ was to establish 'safe-yield,' a balance between the amount of groundwater withdrawn and the amount naturally and artificially recharged .”
Az Water Co v. Az Dept of Water Resources (Ariz. 2004). · cites it 2× “¶24 AWC also relies on A.R.S. § 45-563(A). Section 45- 563(A) generally requires the Director to promulgate management plans for each AMA for the five management periods, and provides 16 that “[t]he plans shall include a continuing mandatory conservation program for all persons…”
Tdb Tucson Grp., L.L.C. v. City of Tucson (Ariz. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “A.R.S § 45-563(A). For the Tucson AMA, the “„management goal‟ was to establish „safe-yield,‟ a balance between the amount of groundwater withdrawn and the amount naturally and artificially recharged .”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 45-563(A) — 5 cases
Arizona Water Co. v. Arizona Dep't of Water Resources, 91 P.3d 990 (Ariz. 2004). “2 A.R.S. § 45-563(A). For the Tucson, Phoenix, and Prescott AMAs, the Code’s “management goal” was to establish “safe-yield,” a balance between the amount of groundwater withdrawn and the amount naturally and artificially recharged, A.”
Arizona Water Co. v. Arizona Dep't of Water Resources, 73 P.3d 1267 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2003). “For all management plans, A.R.S. § 45-563 requires "a continuing mandatory conservation program for all persons withdrawing, distributing or receiving groundwater" (emphasis added).”
TDB Tucson Grp., L.L.C. v. City of Tucson, 263 P.3d 669 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2011). “A.R.S § 45-563(A). For the Tucson AMA, the " 'management goal’ was to establish 'safe-yield,' a balance between the amount of groundwater withdrawn and the amount naturally and artificially recharged .”
Az Water Co v. Az Dept of Water Resources (Ariz. 2004). “¶24 AWC also relies on A.R.S. § 45-563(A). Section 45- 563(A) generally requires the Director to promulgate management plans for each AMA for the five management periods, and provides 16 that “[t]he plans shall include a continuing mandatory conservation program for all persons…”
Tdb Tucson Grp., L.L.C. v. City of Tucson (Ariz. Ct. App. 2011). “A.R.S § 45-563(A). For the Tucson AMA, the “„management goal‟ was to establish „safe-yield,‟ a balance between the amount of groundwater withdrawn and the amount naturally and artificially recharged .”
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