Arizona Laws 48-4472. Demand replenishment services
A. The district may offer replenishment services to its members on an on-demand basis if the district has water available to provide replenishment services in excess of the total replenishment services to be provided during the year pursuant to contracts entered into under section 48-4470.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 48-4472
- Board: means the board of directors of a groundwater replenishment district. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- District: means a groundwater replenishment district established under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- member: means a municipality that contains a service area and petitions for the formation of the district or petitions for the expansion of the district pursuant to this title. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- Replenishment tax: means the taxes imposed by sections 48-4470, 48-4472 and 48-4501 on district members for the privilege of withdrawing groundwater. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- Water acquisition costs: means the cost of acquiring water for use by the district in fulfilling its replenishment obligations pursuant to sections 48-4470, 48-4472 and 48-4501, including costs of purchase or lease of water, energy costs for transporting water, operation costs, maintenance costs, withdrawal or severance taxes paid in connection with the water, capital costs for headworks, well or transmission facilities constructed at a water source and interest on monies that are borrowed to acquire water. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
B. The district shall announce the availability of demand replenishment services under this section to the district members by a method established by the board taking into account the cost of providing notice and the need to provide timely notice to all members considering the schedule on which the water for the demand replenishment services will become available.
C. The board shall establish standards to apportion demand replenishment services among members that request such services.
D. A district member that receives replenishment services under this section shall pay the district, as a replenishment tax, the water acquisition costs associated with the water used by the district in providing replenishment services. On receipt of payment, the district shall credit the member’s replenishment account under section 48-4464 with an amount of groundwater equal to the amount of replenishment services the member purchased.