Recharge Terminology

Definitions pursuant to A.R.S. § 45-802.01

A

"Aquifer" means a geologic formation that contains sufficient saturated material to be capable of storing water and transmitting water in usable quantities to a well.

"Area of impact" means, as projected on the land surface, the area where the stored water has migrated or is located.

C

"CERCLA" means the comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act of 1980, as amended (P.L. 96-510; 94 Stat. 2767; 42 United States Code sections 9601 through 9657), commonly known as "superfund".

"Constructed underground storage facility" means a facility that meets the requirements of section 45-811.01 and that is designed and constructed to store water underground pursuant to permits issued under this chapter.

D

"District" means a groundwater replenishment district established under title 48, chapter 27.

"District member" means a member of the groundwater replenishment district as provided by title 48, chapter 27.

E

"Electrical district" means a corporate body established pursuant to title 48, chapter 12.

G

"Groundwater savings facility" means a facility that meets the requirements of section 45-812.01 in an active management area or an irrigation non-expansion area at which groundwater withdrawals are eliminated or reduced by recipients who use in lieu water on a gallon-for-gallon substitute basis for groundwater that otherwise would have been pumped from within that active management area or irrigation non-expansion area.

I

"In lieu water" means water that is delivered by a storer to a groundwater savings facility pursuant to permits issued under this chapter and that is used in an active management area or an irrigation non-expansion area by the recipient on a gallon-for-gallon substitute basis for groundwater that otherwise would have been pumped from within that active management area or irrigation non-expansion area.

L

"Long-term storage account" means an account established pursuant to section 45-852.01.

"Long-term storage credit" means stored water that meets the requirements of section 45-852.01 and that has been credited to a long-term storage account.

M

"Managed underground storage facility" means a facility that meets the requirements of section 45-811.01 and that is designed and managed to utilize the natural channel of a stream to store water underground pursuant to permits issued under this chapter through artificial and controlled releases of water other than surface water naturally present in the stream. Surface water flowing in its natural channel is not a managed underground storage facility.

"Master replenishment account" means an account established pursuant to section 45-858.01 for a groundwater replenishment district.

R

"Recipient" means a person who receives in lieu water for use at a groundwater savings facility.

"Recoverable amount" means the amount of water, as determined by the director, that will reach the aquifer through water storage.

"Replenishment" means the storage of water or use of long-term storage credits by a groundwater replenishment district to fulfill its duties under title 48, chapter 27, article 3, by a multi-county water conservation district to fulfill its duties under title 48, chapter 22, article 4 or by an active management area water district to fulfill its duties under title 48, chapter 28, article 7.

"Reserve target" has the same meaning prescribed in section 48-3701.

S

"Storage facility" means a groundwater savings facility or an underground storage facility.

"Stored water" means water that has been stored or saved underground pursuant to a storage permit issued under this chapter.

"Storer" means the holder of a water storage permit issued pursuant to section 45-831.01 or a person to whom a water storage permit has been conveyed pursuant to section 45-831.01, subsection F.

U

"Underground storage facility" means a constructed underground storage facility or a managed underground storage facility.

W

"Water that cannot reasonably be used directly" means water that the storer cannot reasonably put to a direct use during the calendar year. See section 45-802.01 for more information.