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SHAPING ARIZONA WATER POLICY

AMWUA has been a force in shaping Arizona water policies for more than 37 years. Initially, AMWUA focused on three major issues - the sale of effluent from the 91st Avenue Waste-water Treatment Plant, the acquisition of Central Arizona Project water for its members, and the development of a unified position on the rights of its members to water delivered by the Salt River Project.

In 1976, the State began a four-year struggle to develop a comprehensive law that would equitably regulate groundwater use.

AMWUA played a major role in this effort, which ultimately led to the enactment of the 1980 Groundwater Management Act, recognized as one of the most progressive groundwater management initiatives in the nation.

Since 1980, AMWUA has played a significant role in establishing Arizona water policies and protecting the interests of its members. Along with its members, AMWUA worked with the Arizona Department of Water Resources to develop rules to implement the 1980 Groundwater Management Act, including the critical assured water supply rules;

participated in financial arrangements to complete the Central Arizona Project;
negotiated complex water supply agreements; and
developed comprehensive, far-reaching programs to conserve water.

AMWUA played a major role in the development and enactment of legislation

permitting the underground storage of water,
prohibiting the use of groundwater to fill artificial lakes in residential developments,
regulating water transfers,
creating the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District and the Arizona Water Banking Authority to make better use of Arizona's Central Arizona Project water,
creating the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality,
revising the Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund, and
creating the Water Protection Fund.

AMWUA's present efforts are focused on five specific areas: advocacy on behalf of its members , water conservation , regional water management , and administrative functions related to the Sub-Regional Operating Group .

Arizona Municipal Water Users Association
3003 N. Central Ave., Suite 1550, Phoenix, AZ 85012
602-248-8482 • 602-248-8423 Fax
webmaster@amwua.org

The Arizona Municipal Water Users Association (AMWUA) is a voluntary, non-profit corporation established by municipalities in Maricopa County for the development of urban water resources policy.