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<br />The Code also directs thl' Director of tilt' Ol'pnrtmenl of Water
<br />Rt.'SOurCl>S to devt~lop [I serit.s of mnna~eml'nt plans for al{ricultur.a~
<br />municipal and industrial watl'f users in the AMA. The pl,lns shllll-.]
<br />include provisions for a mUlldntory consl'rvation prog-ram for allc.o
<br />USl'rs, dl'si~m'd to achie\'(- reductions in tht' ll'vds of ,l::roundw~ti'r
<br />withdrawal. Tht' mant!genlt'nl pbns will bl' n'\'il't.d I~'riodic..dly toUf
<br />achieve the inCrl~l.l.<;inI{Jy mon' rig"id obJ{'Clivt's St'! forth in lht, CudI:'.
<br />Tlw first plan for the Tucson AMA is schNlull'd to lx- issupd in
<br />January 1~'S4.
<br />Conservation and plannt>d mlln,lgemtont of r.:roundw.lh'f re-
<br />Sources ilnd importation of WaLl'f from the CAP an' of paramount
<br />importance to tht" n..bnl11ncing of the ;:ruundwatt'f basins in Pima
<br />County. Of \-'Qual importance is 11 filial resolution of the wOlll.'r
<br />righl'l claims of the PapJlgo TrilJt' to watt'r from tht, Snnta Cruz
<br />and Avra..Altar Valley Basins.
<br />The dramatic dt'Crease in local groulldwatt'r tahlt,s has afft'ctt'd
<br />the Papago Tribe as wt'1I as non.lndian watl'r USl"rs in l'uslt>rn
<br />Pima County.
<br />In 197.... thl' United States. on bl'half of the Papag-o Tril.ll'. lill.d
<br />suit aKainst several major w:lh.'r uSt:'rs in thl' arpa, including tht.
<br />City of Tucson Hnd the major fllillln~ and larminr, lIltl'T!";.[S tu ~ru'
<br />tt"Ct tilt. water resource:; of the San XilVlt'r Ht'St'r\'Htltlfl. That suil
<br />was consolidatt'd with 11 sl;'{;ond suit tJy lhe P;:lpa/!(l Tritl{> ll~alllsl
<br />lhe samt' ddendants.
<br />On .Junt. 2a. 1!J80, tht:< Cuurt ordt'Tl'd that a consolidillpd Anll'nd.
<br />t.d Complaint bt. filed, naming as parlH's dt'll'ndant all Ust'rs 01 tht'
<br />surface and groundwater:> of the Uppt'r Sant.a Cruz Hiwr Basin. As
<br />Amended Complaint naming approximately 1700 {iI.fi.ndanl.'i Wil:-1
<br />filed in The United St(Jtf'~ and tlu' /'rlfkJIN India" Trill(' \'. Cll~' or
<br />Tucson, consolidiltt'd cases. C'V 75-;l~1 TUe IJAWI n. Ariz. Servin.
<br />of th(> Amt'nded Complaint and inll'rrug-atorit's is in pf{){;t:ss. and
<br />numerous motions art' presently pt'nding tx.fofl' thl' Court.
<br />In 197H. primarily in response the thf' f'upago 1:1w:-;uit. thC' Walf'r
<br />Ht'sourct's Coordination CUfIlmittl't.' rWHCel 01 p;l....;ll.rIL 1'lm:1
<br />('..ounty was formt-'d Memt)('rship in thl-' WHee consists of Tf'prl"
<br />~'nt.;ltivt-'s of lht-' major Wlllt'r IlSt'rS HI and aroulld TUcson. indud.
<br />lOR lht' City of Tucson, Pimu County, tht' Univl.rsit..... of Anzon:l,
<br />and the Pug-ago Tribt-,
<br />ThE' purpOSl:- of the WHee is to accumulah' datH on wlItt'r supply
<br />and USl'. provide 1I forum for discussion of st'rious walt'r relahxi
<br />issues confronting- tht' community. and dt'Vl'!Op it water resources
<br />plan t.o satisfy the prt'scnt and futurl' water nj'eds of eastt'rn Pima
<br />County without rt'Sllrt to litigation.
<br />Since its inception, the WHee has ("ompilt'd dut:) on present and
<br />projl"Clt.-d future water supplies and dl'rnands. {'xamirwd tIlt' quanli.
<br />ty, quality and potential r('uses of rl'c1aimed w3tt'r. dt'vt'lopt-d A
<br />proposal for the study of water deliv('ry to mines nnd farms that
<br />includt'S a mix of CAP Watl'r and recl:timt'd. water, and assistt'd the
<br />Ariwna Watt'r Commission staff in df'v('loping a computer model
<br />designed to J.lrovide accuratt' evalutation of alternative water man.
<br />agt'ment plans.
<br />Members of thl' WHee havl' also l.,;'1ken an Hctivt' part in analvsis
<br />of aquedu'ct capacity, alignments. storagt' and termination point of
<br />the Tua;an Aqueduct of the Central Anzona rr~IJl'ct. Tht' WRCC
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