Arizona Laws 45-596.01. Additional information required with notice of intention to drill well to pump Colorado River water; exception
(Conditionally Eff.)
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-596.01
- Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- 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- Well: means a man-made opening in the earth through which water may be withdrawn or obtained from beneath the surface of the earth except as provided in Section 45-591.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
In addition to the information required by section 45-596, a person who files a notice of intention to drill a well that will pump Colorado River water shall include with the notice proof that the director determines to be satisfactory that the person has the legal right to use Colorado river water. This section does not apply to a proposed well that will have a pump with a maximum capacity of not more than thirty-five gallons per minute and that will be used for the supply, service and activities of households and private residences, including the application of water to less than two acres of land to produce plants or parts of plants for sale or human consumption or for use as feed for livestock, range livestock or poultry, as those terms are defined in section 3-1201.