Water resources are scarce in a Stage 1 Drought Emergency
This Week's Drought Summary
Monsoonal moisture, and associated heavy rainfall, returned to Arizona and New Mexico after a brief hiatus last week, leading to widespread improvements in drought conditions, as well as some flash flooding.
In most of Arizona and New Mexico, long-term drought remains, but recent conditions have been wet enough for a green-up in vegetation. . .widespread improvements in drought conditions occurred in Arizona and New Mexico this week, as heavy monsoonal rains made their return after a one-week hiatus. Two-inch rainfall totals were commonplace, particularly in the southern halves of both states, and localized higher amounts also occurred.
> Most of the remaining drought in these states, while still extreme or exceptional in some locales, is confined to long-term impacts, as conditions are wet in many places on the short-term. While heavy monsoonal rain occurred in Arizona and New Mexico, moderate to heavy amounts were mostly confined to these two states. In central and southern Arizona and New Mexico, temperatures were cooler than normal, in some areas by 3 to 9 degrees.
Map released: August 19, 2021
Data valid: August 17, 2021
United States and Puerto Rico Author(s):
Curtis Riganti, National Drought Mitigation Center Pacific Islands and Virgin Islands Author(s):
Brad Rippey, U.S. Department of Agriculture  |
Updates to Aquifer Protection and Recycled Water Permitting Programs To continuously improve our permitting processes, ADEQ has made several changes to the process for obtaining Aquifer Protection and Water Reuse Permits. These changes have been made to continuously improve our permitting process. Please see below for a summary of these changes. Recycled Water Permits - Type 2 Recycled Water General Permits and Type 3 Recycled Water Agent General Permits are now issued through the myDEQ online portal. To register for a myDEQ account, visit https://www.azdeq.gov/myDEQ/register
- Applications for Individual Recycled Water Permits should be emailed to waterreuse@azdeq.gov.
- If you have any questions about Recycled Water Permits, please email waterreuse@azdeq.gov.
Aquifer Protection Permits - Applications for Individual Aquifer Protection Permits should be emailed directly to the Project Manager if one has already been assigned or to groundwaterpermits@azdeq.gov.
- Type 2.1 and 2.4 General Permits for Drywell are now issued through the myDEQ online portal. To register for a myDEQ account, visit https://www.azdeq.gov/myDEQ/register
General - For emailed applications, if the attachment is large (over 25 MB) please email us and we will make arrangements for uploading your application through an ftp site. ADEQ can not accept USB drives with applications on them.
- For permits that are available in myDEQ, mailed or paper applications will not be accepted.
- For permits that are not yet available in myDEQ, we recommend submitting applications electronically via email. We also accept mailed applications, however, this may result in a delay processing your application.
- Before filling out an application, check azdeq.gov/forms to ensure you are using the latest version of the application form. Please note that using an old form may result in a delay processing your permit.
- ADEQ also strongly encourages those needing an APP to contact us about scheduling a pre-application meeting before filling out the application. ADEQ provides an hour of no-cost consultation to help identify information needed for the final application. The meeting request form can be found at: https://azdeq.gov/app-pre-application-meeting-request-form
- For applications with missing or incomplete information or are otherwise not approvable, we may request a withdrawal of the application and resubmittal once the application is revised, in lieu of denying the permit.
- Similarly, major changes to an application will not be accepted after the application is submitted. The current application must be withdrawn and a new application submitted.
- To withdraw an application, email the project manager requesting the withdrawl. A final bill will be generated based on the time spent on the application up until withdrawl. If a similar application is submitted in the future, the same project team may be assigned to minimize rework.
About ADEQ Under the Environmental Quality Act of 1986, the Arizona State Legislature established the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality in 1987 as the state agency for protecting and enhancing public health and the environment of Arizona. For more information, visit azdeq.gov. ADEQ will take reasonable measures to provide access to department services to individuals with limited ability to speak, write or understand English and/or to those with disabilities. Requests for language translation, ASL interpretation, CART captioning services or disability accommodations must be made at least 48 hours in advance by contacting the Title VI Nondiscrimination Coordinator at 602-771-2215 or Communications@azdeq.gov. For a TTY or other device, Telecommunications Relay Services are available by calling 711. ADEQ tomará las medidas razonables para proveer acceso a los servicios del departamento a personas con capacidad limitada para hablar, escribir o entender inglés y/o para personas con discapacidades. Las solicitudes de servicios de traducción de idiomas, interpretación ASL (lengua de signos americano), subtitulado de CART, o adaptaciones por discapacidad deben realizarse con al menos 48 horas de anticipación comunicándose con el Coordinador de Anti-Discriminación del
Título VI al 602-771-2215 o Communications@azdeq.gov. Para un TTY u otro dispositivo, los servicios de retransmisión de telecomunicaciones están disponible llamando al 711. |
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