Reclaimed wastewater. Reclaimed water is wastewater treatment plant effluent that
has been diverted for beneficial uses such as irrigation, industry, or thermoelectric
cooling instead of being released to a natural waterway or aquifer.
Surface water. Surface water is derived from waters that flow continuously over land
surfaces in a defined channel or bed, such as streams and rivers; standing water in basins
such as lakes, wetlands, marshes, swamps, ponds, sinkholes, impoundments, and
reservoirs either natural or man‐made; and all waters flowing over the land as runoff, or
as runoff confined to channels with intermittent flow.
Issue:
WQQ‐1
AZARNG Site:
Florence
Military
Reservation
Limited water availability may constrain
future capabilities and facility expansion at
Florence Military Reservation.
There is limited water availability and
connectivity to support future development at
Florence Military Reservation. Water availability
also limits future development and growth in the
region surrounding the installation.
Compatibility Assessment
Arizona is an arid region where water availability is an ongoing concern to meet the
needs of a fast‐growing population and associated land development. Stress placed on
consumption of potable water supplies coupled with people living in areas of the state
where water supplies are limited makes for a long‐term challenge in managing the state’s
water resources. Arizona averages less than 10 inches of rainfall per year and as a result,
more than 40 percent of the state’s water supply comes from groundwater sources.
Agriculture has historically been a large user of groundwater and as the population has
grown in recent years, municipal and industrial use of groundwater has increased along
with it.
In 1980 the State of Arizona passed the Groundwater Management Act that established
the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) as the single state agency
responsible for water planning and regulation (excluding water quality). The legislation
also established Active Management Areas (AMAs) in an effort to manage areas in
Arizona where groundwater was pumped at the highest rates. The associated
Groundwater Management Code that resulted from the Act has two overarching goals.
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Control severe groundwater depletion.
Provide the means to allocate limited groundwater resources to best meet the
state's water needs.
Compatibility Assessment