Arizona Revised Statutes Title 45. Waters § 45-542. Transportation between sub-basins or away from an active management area; irrigation grandfathered right; type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right

A. Groundwater which is withdrawn pursuant to an irrigation grandfathered right may be transported between sub-basins of an active management area or away from an active management area, subject to the limitations on location of use in § 45-472.

B. Groundwater which is withdrawn pursuant to a type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right may be transported between sub-basins of an active management area or away from an active management area, subject to the limitations on location of use in § 45-473, except that groundwater withdrawn pursuant to a type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered right may be transported away from an initial active management area only pursuant to any of the following:

C. Transportations of groundwater pursuant to this section are not subject to payment of damages if the amount transported does not exceed three acre-feet per acre per year withdrawn from retired irrigated land. Transportations of groundwater pursuant to an irrigation grandfathered right in excess of three acre-feet per acre per year withdrawn from retired irrigated land are subject to payment of damages.