Arizona Laws 45-2201. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-2201
- Authority: means a water authority established under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 45-2201
- Board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Arizona Laws 45-2201
- Colorado river water: means water from the main stream of the Colorado river. See Arizona Laws 45-2201
- Conservation: means the preservation and planned management of water resources to ensure the future availability of water resources. See Arizona Laws 45-2201
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101
- Effluent: means water that has been collected in a sanitary sewer for subsequent treatment in a facility that is regulated pursuant to Title 49, Chapter 2. See Arizona Laws 45-2201
- Groundwater: means water under the surface of the earth regardless of the geologic structure in which it is standing or moving. See Arizona Laws 45-101
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Private water company: means any entity that distributes or sells groundwater, except a political subdivision or any entity that is established pursuant to title 48 and that is not regulated as a public service corporation by the Arizona corporation commission under a certificate of public convenience and necessity. See Arizona Laws 45-2201
- Sanitary sewer: means any pipe or other enclosed conduit that carries, among other substances, any water-carried wastes from the human body from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants or institutions. See Arizona Laws 45-101
- Surface water: means the waters of all sources, flowing in streams, canyons, ravines or other natural channels, or in definite underground channels, whether perennial or intermittent, floodwater, wastewater or surplus water, and of lakes, ponds and springs on the surface. See Arizona Laws 45-101
- United States: means the secretary of the interior, acting for the United States department of interior, or his duly authorized representative. See Arizona Laws 45-2201
1. "Agricultural use" means water used primarily in the commercial production of agricultural crops or livestock, including domestic uses incidental to those uses, and used on tracts of land operated in units of more than five acres.
2. "Authority" means a water authority established under this chapter.
3. "Board" means the board of directors of the authority.
4. "Central Arizona project" means the reclamation project and works authorized by section 301 (a) of the Colorado river basin project act and constructed by the United States pursuant to the provisions of the Colorado river basin project act and contract between the United States and central Arizona water conservation district for delivery of water and repayment of costs of the central Arizona project.
5. "Colorado river water" means water from the main stream of the Colorado river.
6. "Conservation" means the preservation and planned management of water resources to ensure the future availability of water resources.
7. "Effluent" means water that has been collected in a sanitary sewer for subsequent treatment in a facility that is regulated pursuant to Title 49, Chapter 2. Such water remains effluent until it acquires the characteristics of groundwater or surface water.
8. "Industrial use" means a nonagricultural use of water not supplied by a city, town or private water company, including animal industry use and expanded animal industry use as defined in section 45-402.
9. "Multi-county water conservation district" means a multi-county district established under Title 48, Chapter 22, which has contracted with the United States for the repayment of the cost and for the delivery of the water supply in accordance with P.L. 90-537.
10. "Municipal use" means all nonagricultural uses of water supplied by a city, town, private water company or irrigation district.
11. "Municipal water provider" means a city, town, private water company or irrigation district that supplies water for a nonagricultural use.
12. "Private water company" means any entity that distributes or sells groundwater, except a political subdivision or any entity that is established pursuant to title 48 and that is not regulated as a public service corporation by the Arizona corporation commission under a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
13. "Tentatively allocated" means water of the main stem of the Colorado river water that has been recommended by the director to the secretary of the interior for allocation, but for which a contract with the secretary for delivery has not been signed.
14. "United States" means the secretary of the interior, acting for the United States department of interior, or his duly authorized representative.