(Disclosure. Rose Law Group represents large landowners in support of the rule change.)
By Stephen Miller and Craig McFarland | Phoenix Business Journal
On Nov. 5, the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council will decide whether to approve an amendment to Arizona’s assured water supply program. If you are not familiar with the state’s assured water supply designation, no new subdivisions can be approved without first proving that water can be provided to those homes for 100 years.
This program, established by the landmark Arizona Groundwater Management Act in 1980, was further clarified in rules in 1995. Since then, more than 1,200 new subdivisions dependent on groundwater have been approved and 20 water providers have been designated as having an assured water supply in both the Phoenix and Pinal Active Management Areas, or AMAs. These AMAs are vast groundwater basins located in the Phoenix metropolitan area and in central Pinal County.
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