Except as provided in section 45-452, subsection H, section 45-513, subsection B and articles 5 and 6 of this chapter, a person may not withdraw groundwater from a nonexempt well in an active management area unless the person obtains a groundwater withdrawal permit from the director pursuant to this article. The categories of groundwater withdrawal permits are as follows:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-512

  • Active management area: means a geographical area that has been designated pursuant to article 2 of this chapter as requiring active management of groundwater or, in the case of the Santa Cruz active management area, active management of any water, other than stored water, withdrawn from a well. See Arizona Laws 45-402
  • Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • General industrial use: means a non-irrigation use of groundwater except those subject to permits issued pursuant to sections 45-513 and 45-514 and those for which a certificate of assured water supply is required pursuant to section 45-576. See Arizona Laws 45-511
  • 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
  • Groundwater withdrawal permit: means a permit issued by the director pursuant to article 7 of this chapter. See Arizona Laws 45-402
  • Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, society, estate or trust, any other private organization or enterprise, the United States, any state, territory or country or a governmental entity, political subdivision or municipal corporation organized under or subject to the constitution and laws of this state. See Arizona Laws 45-402
  • Well: means a man-made opening in the earth through which water may be withdrawn or obtained from beneath the surface of the earth except as provided in Section 45-591. See Arizona Laws 45-402

1. Dewatering permits issued pursuant to section 45-513.

2. Mineral extraction and metallurgical processing permits issued pursuant to section 45-514.

3. General industrial use permits issued pursuant to section 45-515.

4. Poor quality groundwater permits issued pursuant to section 45-516.

5. Temporary permits issued pursuant to sections 45-517 and 45-518.

6. Drainage water permits issued pursuant to section 45-519.

7. Hydrologic testing permits issued pursuant to Section 45-519.01.

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