If this bill were to become law, it would update current statutes by inserting a new concurrent memorial that urges the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) and the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD) to invest in groundwater recharge infrastructure specifically in rural communities. This addition emphasizes the importance of enhancing groundwater recharge efforts and encourages collaboration between these departments to support such initiatives.
The bill does not propose any deletions from the current statutes, meaning that existing laws regarding water resource management and infrastructure remain intact. The focus of the new language is on promoting proactive measures for groundwater recharge, including the development of identified sites on state trust land and consideration of increased groundwater supply in future planning and modeling efforts.