Fourth Management Plan
ADWR is in the process of formulating and adopting the Fourth Management Plans (4MP), for the period 2010-2020. The AMA Groundwater Users Advisory Council meetings are the forum for public comment.
An evaluation of the management plans as of 2008 assisted the Department in the development of the Fourth Management Plan.
Phoenix AMA
Phoenix AMA Fourth Management Plan
Overview of Changes from the Third Management Plan
Application for Administrative Review
Comments on the 4MP
Arizona Municipal Water Users Association (AMWUA) | Rep. Rusty Bowers | City of Chandler | Dobson Ranch | EPCOR | Frank Fairbanks | Town of Gilbert | Sen. Rick Gray | Paradise Valley Country Club | Ron Rayner | Roosevelt Irrigation District | Roosevelt Water Conservation District | Salt River Project (SRP) | City of Scottsdale | Troon
COMMENTS ON THE 4MP submitted during formal comment period
Paradise Valley | Nathan Chipman-Boden | Roosevelt Irrigation District | Dobson Ranch | Moe Wakefield
OTHER ADOPTION DOCUMENTs
Monday, April 20, 2020: The March 11, 2020 Order of Adoption for the Phoenix AMA Fourth Management Plan is now effective for purposes of judicial review. The conservation requirements in that plan will go into effect on January 1, 2023.
Phoenix Fourth Management Plan Effective
Pinal AMA
Pinal AMA Fourth Management Plan Draft
Overview of Changes from the Third Management Plan
Notice of Public Hearing for the Pinal AMA Fourth Management Plan
Additional Information on the Pinal AMA Fourth Management Plan Public Hearing
Map of the Pinal Active Management Area
COMMENTS ON THE 4MP
David Snider | William Collings | Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation & Drainage District | CAIDD | Arizona Water Company | ADWR Response
Prescott AMA
Santa Cruz AMA
Tucson AMA
Tucson AMA Fourth Management Plan
Comments on the 4MP
Metro Water District | Tucson Water | PCRWRD | Tucson GUAC | U of A Water Resources Research Center
Meetings
Upcoming Meetings
Upcoming Meetings
Previous Meetings
Previous Meetings
Phoenix AMA 4MP Stakeholder Meeting Presentation
At several recent public meetings, ADWR has received input regarding the path forward for the Phoenix, Pinal, and Santa Cruz AMAs Fourth Management Plans. Two options were presented during these meetings: one to allow additional time for stakeholder feedback while moving forward with incremental adjustments to the conservation programs in these plans and another to maintain the status quo and adopt conservation programs substantially similar to those in the Third Management Plans. ADWR received comments supporting both options.
As Governor Ducey has stated, Arizona is transitioning into a drier future; the time to begin additional conservation is now. Maintaining the status quo would be a missed opportunity to expand on the conservation framework in the Third Management Plans and would do a disservice to the incremental design of the management plans in the Groundwater Management Act.
ADWR will proceed with incremental adjustments to these remaining Fourth Management Plans. The Department has been working with various stakeholders on refinements to the program outlines that were published in July and is incorporating those changes into the draft Phoenix AMA 4th Management Plan. Additionally, ADWR will hold a Phoenix AMA Fourth Management Plan Stakeholder Meeting at 2 pm on October 16, which will serve as a public forum for questions or further stakeholder input on the draft Phoenix AMA 4th Management Plan.
The Director expresses his appreciation to all those who took time to provide input. That input was weighed carefully as he made a decision on this matter. ADWR believes this path forward balances the need for time and stakeholder input with the need to move forward and make conservation progress under these plans.