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  AZCC 2-21-2025 WUAA Annual Meeting Notice of Joint Appearance 
 

Water Utilities Association of Arizona

Arizona's Private Water and Waste Water Utilities

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ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION

N O T I C E
Notice of a Joint Appearance of a Quorum of Commissioners
(Not an Official Meeting of the Arizona Corporation Commission)

This notice is provided as a courtesy to the public that three or more Commissioners may be present at the above location. 
  • The commissioners will be attending seminars, lectures, classes as well as social events for the conference attendees. 
  • The Commissioners attending this event will not vote on any issue or discuss, propose, or take legal action related to their official duties with the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Accordingly, no legal action will be taken, and the event is not subject to Arizona's Open Meeting Law, A.R.S. §§ 38-431 to -431.09.

 
Annual Meeting
Friday, February 21, 2025
10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Phoenix Airport Marriott

Arizona’s ā€˜Ag to Urban’ Initiative tackling water shortages and sustainable growth

Governor's Water Policy Council reviews ā€œag to urbanā€ groundwater reform  proposal | Arizona Department of Water Resources

ADWR’s new program looks to transition water intensive agriculture to low-water-use urban developments amid Colorado River shortages.

On Thursday, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) held its first informal stakeholder meeting to discuss the development of the Assured Water Supply ā€˜Agriculture to Urban Initiative’.

  • The Ag to Urban program is designed to support sustainable housing development that protects water resources for consumers amid ongoing Colorado River shortages.

Ben Bryce with ADWR said dwindling water supplies are creating significant difficulties for farmers, developers, and home builders.

ā€œIf done right, an ā€˜Ag to Urban’ concept could function within the protections of the assured water supply program while providing flexibility for new voluntary program,ā€ Bryce said.

The initiative aims to convert high-water-use agriculture to low-water-use urban developments.

It is still in the planning stages, seeking input from stakeholders.
  • To participate in the program, applicants must have lands with an irrigation grandfathered right and must have irrigated those lands with groundwater in three of the past five years prior to relinquishment.
  • ā€œThe applicant’s land cannot already have an overlying certificate of Assured Water Supply,ā€ Bryce said.

The Ag to Urban program is also a legislative priority for Republicans in the state legislature this year.

  • Last December, the ADWR presented proposed guardrails and a dashboard to the Governor's Water Policy Council to help stakeholders understand how different factors could shape the program’s impact on groundwater supplies.

In June, the ADWR outlined potential Ag to Urban concepts to the Council, as related legislation was being debated in the state legislature.

  • That legislation would have created an exemption from the physical availability requirements of the Assured Water Supply program, Bryce explained.

None of those bills were successful.

ā€œWater savings, consumer protections and more stakeholder discussions were needed to ensure all relevant stakeholders were involved and all the issues were properly discussed,ā€ Bryce said.

 
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