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<br />with these funds may be used to a.lSist communities along the <br />Colorado River, to help the Stare meet il.l water management <br />objectives, or as a component of an Indian water rights <br />settlement. <br /> <br />In the future. additional sowces will likdy include fees <br />collected from the sale of stored water aedits used for drought <br />protection (fees are charged only if the aedits were originally <br />paid for with general fund money). money coUected from <br />Arizona entities wishing to enter into walc:r banking services <br />agreements. and money collected from out-of-slale interests for <br />watCl: slored on their behalf, The AWBA bad approximately <br />S 12 million in calendar year 1999 for direct and indirect <br />recharge. including all withdrawal fees. four-<:ent property <br />taxes. and general fund revenues. Recharge opp::rtunities for <br />t 999 and 2000 are constrained to some extent by the limited <br />availability of recharge facilities. <br /> <br />What is the Ari:;ona Waler Banking Study Commission? <br />Vlhen it created the A WB A. the Arizona Legislature aeated a <br />Study Commission to investigate opportunities for additional <br />water banking uses. identify mechanisms to encourage <br />participation in the p'ogram by Indian communities with righls <br />to Colorado River water. and review lhe first year of the <br />AWBA's operation. The Study Commission consists of the <br />A WBA members and two ex officio membt2-s plus nine people <br />appointed by the Director of the Arizona Department of Watco: <br />Resources. <br /> <br />The Study Commission completed both a comprehensive <br />Interim Repat and a mae abbreviated Final RepcI1 containing <br />research findings. conclusions. and recommendations for <br />statutOI)' amendments to enable the A WBA to perform <br />additional functions regarding the issues it considered. The <br />rqxlltS and the legislative package signed into law by Governor <br />Jane Dee Hull in April 1999 (HB 2463) are available on the <br />AWBA's web page (hltp://www.awba.state.az.us). <br /> <br />Updllle on the A WBA <br />The A WBA has been working diligently to carry wt its mission <br />to take the formerly unused portion of Arizona's Colorado <br />River allotment and recharge the water in Arizona to devdop <br />long-term storage credits for future use. This recharge by the <br />A WBA is not meant as a substitute for existing uses or staage <br />of Colorado River water by entities in Arizona but as a means <br />of utilizing Colorado River water that would otherwise go <br />unused by Arizona. <br /> <br />The AWBA members and staff meet annually with all CllITCIIt <br />and polential recharge entities in developing the Annual Plan <br />of Operation. These entities include the Salt River Project <br />(SRP). the CAP. and all permitted irrigation districts in <br />n~__1 __.I n:__ __n_h_" An ""'.......;..1 r___h"'....... <br /> <br />opportunities are then matched with delivery capacities of the <br />CAP aqueduct. The A WBA systematicaUy adjusts each <br />entity's amount to match CAP delivery constraints. An <br />analysis is then made of the amount of potential recharge in <br />each AMAIcounty. and the amount of funds generated in each <br />AMAIcounty by month to keep monies in the AMAIcounty of <br />generation. <br /> <br />ARIZONA <br /> <br />The A WBA recharged approximately 330.000 acre feet of <br />CAP water in t 997 and approximately 2 t 6.000 acre fed in <br />1998. Total consumptive use of Colorado River watl:r by <br />Arizona for t 997 was approximately 2.7 million acre feet. <br />including: t 38 million acre feet of Colorado River uses along <br />the Colorado River; CAP subcontractor deliveries (of an <br />estimated 975.000 acre feet. inchlding municifal and industrial. <br />Indian. Agricuhura1 Pools 1.2. and 3. and incentive recharge <br />water; and approximately 330.000 acre feet foc recharge by Ibe <br />AWBA Total consumptive use by Arizona for 1998 was <br />approximatdy 2.46 million aae feet. including: t million acre <br />feet of Colorado River uses along the Colorado River; CAP <br />sulx:ontracta' deliveries of an estimated 1.23 million acn~ feet. <br />including municifal and industrial. Indian. Agricuhura1 Pools <br />t. 2. and 3. and incentive recharge waler; and approximately <br />216,000 acre feet of recharge by the AWBA. Estimated total <br />recharge for 1999 is approximately 260.000 acre feet, <br /> <br />WATER <br /> <br />BANKING <br /> <br />AUTHORITY <br /> <br /> <br />Conclusion <br />The A WBA is an institution that will guide Arizona waler <br />planning into the next century. By storing substantial amounts <br />of water in central Arizona, the A WBA safeguards a.gainst <br />future shortages on the CAP system. assists in meeting Lhe <br />goals of the Groundwater Code. and aids neighOOring states <br />without hanning Arizona. The AWBA is Arizona's "water <br />savings account" that ensures that the water supplies future <br />generations inherit from us are just as secure as tho;;e we <br />inherited, <br /> <br />For mae information. please contact Tim Henley. Manager. or <br />Gerry Wildeman. Technical Administrator. of the Arizona <br />WatCl: Banking Authority stalf at 500 North Third Street. <br />Pho<nix.Arizona 85004 or call (602) 417-2418 or fax (602) <br />417-2401. or tjhenley@adwr,state,az.us. or <br />glwildeman@adwr.state.az.us. The AWBA's web page is <br />located at: bltp:/lwww.awba.stale.az.us. <br /> <br />SUMMARY <br />November 1999 <br />