Development reportOctober 17, 2026

Parcel 313-77-013

  • Mohave County
  • Arizona
  • 39.79 acres
  • Parcel 313-77-013

For the engineer or attorney on a project: how many homes the water supports, the paths to more, and the filings, with the rule behind each answer.

At a glance

  • 5settled
  • 1likely
  1. Settled How many homes can this land support on water? Up to 5 lots on 39.8 acres
  2. Settled Which water paths exist, ranked by cost and time? Three paths, simplest first
  3. Settled Is there a water provider that could serve it? No, no provider service area within 8 mi
  4. Settled What will the county require to approve it? Mohave County's water standard for a subdivision
  5. Likely Who's likely to object? Likely few objectors nearby
  6. Settled What's the timeline and the permit list? Start with an exempt well (35 gpm) per lot by notice of intention to ADWR (A.R.S. 45-454, 45-596)

The development questions

How many homes can this land support on water?

State law decides this Settled

Up to 5 lots on 39.8 acres

Each with its own exempt well (Mohave County's minimum lot for a well and septic: 1 acre): a split into five or fewer lots is outside the subdivision law, and an exempt well's limit is its pump, 35 gpm or less, not a number of homes; six or more lots is a subdivision needing ADWR's adequacy report.

Why, who decides and sources

Why

Five or fewer lots is a lot split, which the subdivision law doesn't cover, and outside an AMA each lot may have its own exempt well; the county's zoning and its minimum lot for a well and septic system set how many lots the land holds.

Who decides

Mohave County (the split and its lot sizes) and ADWR (each well's notice of intention).

Sources

Law

  • A.R.S. 45-576(A)
    "a person who proposes to offer subdivided lands ... for sale or lease in an active management area shall apply for and obtain a certificate of assured water supply from the director before presenting the plat for approval ... unless the subdivider has obtained a written commitment of water service for the subdivision from a city, town or private water company designated as having an assured water supply pursuant to this section."
  • A.R.S. 45-576(N)
    "'assured water supply' means all of the following: 1. Sufficient groundwater, surface water or effluent of adequate quality will be continuously available to satisfy the water needs of the proposed use for at least one hundred years. ... 2. The projected groundwater use is consistent with the management plan and achievement of the management goal for the active management area. 3. The financial capability has been demonstrated to construct the water facilities"
  • A.R.S. 45-108(A)
    "In areas outside of active management areas ... the developer of a proposed subdivision including dry lot subdivisions, regardless of subdivided lot size, prior to recordation of the plat, shall submit plans for the water supply for the subdivision and demonstrate the adequacy of the water supply to meet the needs projected by the developer to the director."
  • A.R.S. 11-823(D)(2)
    "If the director of water resources has determined that there is an inadequate water supply for the subdivision pursuant to section 45-108, the board … shall note this on the face of the plat if the plat is approved."
  • ADWR AAWS FAQ
    "A Designation of Assured Water Supply is issued to a water provider for its service area located within an AMA. A Certificate of Assured Water Supply is issued to landowners for a subdivision located within an AMA. If your subdivision will be served by a water provider that is designated as having an assured water supply, you will not need a Certificate of Assured Water Supply."
  • ADWR, List of Designated Providers (2026-09-09)
    "In order for a new development to make use of a water provider's designation, there must exist a written commitment of service from the water provider."

Records

Which water paths exist, ranked by cost and time?

State law decides this Settled

Three paths, simplest first

An exempt well (35 gpm) per lot by notice of intention to ADWR; each is listed below with what it gives, the first step and who decides.

Why, who decides and sources

Why

Ordered by what each path requires, from a notice of intention to an assured water supply; costs are not public and aren't guessed here.

The figures

  • 1. An exempt well (35 gpm) per lot by notice of intention to ADWR (A.R.S. 45-454, 45-596). Gives one well at up to 35 gallons a minute. First step: a notice of intention to drill. Decided by ADWR.
  • 2. A subdivision of six or more lots with ADWR's water adequacy report disclosed to buyers (A.R.S. 45-108). Gives lots that may be sold even where ADWR finds the water inadequate, with that finding disclosed. First step: an application for a water adequacy report. Decided by ADWR, then the county.
  • 3. Hauled water, disclosed by the seller (A.R.S. 33-422). Gives household water by truck, with no well. First step: the seller's recorded disclosure. Decided by the seller, under A.R.S. 33-422.

Who decides

The agency named for each path.

Sources

Law

  • A.R.S. 45-453
    "In areas outside of active management areas, a person may: 1. Withdraw and use groundwater for reasonable and beneficial use, except as provided in article 8.1 of this chapter. 2. Transport groundwater pursuant to articles 8 and 8.1 of this chapter. 3. Use groundwater for irrigation purposes within the exterior boundaries of an irrigation non-expansion area only pursuant to article 3 of this chapter."
  • A.R.S. 45-512
    "a person may not withdraw groundwater from a nonexempt well in an active management area unless the person obtains a groundwater withdrawal permit from the director pursuant to this article"
  • A.R.S. 45-492(A)
    "a city, town or private water company shall have the right to withdraw and transport groundwater within its service area for the benefit of landowners and residents within its service area, and the landowners and residents are entitled to use the groundwater delivered"
  • A.R.S. 45-515(A)
    general industrial use permit only "from a point outside of the exterior boundaries of the service area of a city, town or private water company for a general industrial use outside" it, and only if "(3) Irrigation grandfathered rights appurtenant to acres of land in reasonable proximity ... are not available for purchase at a reasonable price", "(4) ... if located within three miles of the exterior boundaries of the service area ... has been denied service", and "(6) There is an assured water supply for the intended use"
  • A.R.S. 45-440(A) (Harquahala INA)
    "a person or entity may withdraw more than one hundred acre-feet of groundwater per year for commercial or industrial purposes other than irrigation or residential use only if the groundwater is withdrawn" from land eligible to be irrigated under 45-437(B)
  • ADWR, Practical Guide to Drilling a Domestic Water Well (2024)
    "If you are outside an AMA, there are no restrictions on the number of wells you may construct as long as the water is put to reasonable and beneficial use."

Records

Is there a water provider that could serve it?

From the public record Settled

No, no provider service area within 8 mi

Why, who decides and sources

Why

ADWR's community water system service areas show no provider near the parcel.

Who decides

Nobody; supply must come from wells, a certificate or hauling.

Sources

What will the county require to approve it?

From the public record Settled

Mohave County's water standard for a subdivision

ADWR report required with the final plat.

Why, who decides and sources

Why

Mohave County's subdivision regulations set the water standard.

Who decides

Mohave County, then the Department of Real Estate for the public report.

Sources

Who's likely to object?

Estimated from nearby records Likely

Likely few objectors nearby

None of record within 5 mi.

Why, who decides and sources

Why

No objection or protest in the adjudication court's files or ADWR's imaged records names a Watershed File Report, claim, well or application within 5 mi.

Who decides

ADWR, and the adjudication court for surface water.

Sources

Law

  • A.R.S. 45-251(2)
    a general adjudication is "an action for the judicial determination or establishment of the extent and priority of the rights of all persons to use water in any river system and source."
  • ADWR, Statement of Claimant / New Use Summons page
    "a separate SOC will be needed for each type of water use", and "a statement of claimant must be assigned whenever there is a change in ownership of the land."
  • San Pedro subflow order, 2017-07-13
    "The owner of a well located in the designated subflow zone may rebut … by a preponderance of the evidence, that the well is pumping groundwater."

Records

What's the timeline and the permit list?

State law decides this Settled

Start with an exempt well (35 gpm) per lot by notice of intention to ADWR

Timing: a notice of intention per well (drilling card in 15 days, 45 near a remedial site).

Why, who decides and sources

Why

The steps follow from the rulings above; the longest is usually ADWR's water adequacy report for the subdivision.

Who decides

The agencies named in each step.

Sources

Law

  • A.R.S. 45-596(A)
    "In an area not subject to active management, a person may not drill or cause to be drilled any well or deepen an existing well without first filing notice of intention to drill"
  • A.R.S. 45-596(F)
    "If any water from a proposed well will be used for domestic purposes ... on a parcel of land of five or fewer acres, the applicant shall submit a well site plan", which must "Show the proposed well location and the location of any septic tank or sewer system that is either located on the property or within one hundred feet of the proposed well site" and "Show written approval by the county health authority"
  • A.R.S. 45-595(D)
    "A person who drills or modifies an exempt well on land owned by that person shall first obtain a single well license from the department."
  • A.R.S. 45-598(B)
    a person entitled to withdraw "may construct a new well or a replacement well in a new location if the location of the new well ... complies with the rules adopted by the director ... and if the person has applied for and received a permit"

Records

Filings and permits

  • County lot split approval, then a notice of intention to drill for each lot's well.
  • Mohave County water supply submittal, with the state water agency's letter or report where the county requires one.

What the land carries

What water will I legally have on the day I close?

From the public record Settled

No registered well, grandfathered right or Statement of Claimant of record within the parcel

Outside an AMA, groundwater may be withdrawn for reasonable and beneficial use without one.

Why, who decides and sources

Why

This land is outside every Active Management Area and irrigation non-expansion area, and nothing in ADWR's well registry, its rights records or the adjudication claims falls within this parcel.

Who decides

ADWR's records and the title search.

Sources

Law

  • A.R.S. 45-453(1)
    "In areas outside of active management areas, a person may: 1. Withdraw and use groundwater for reasonable and beneficial use, except as provided in article 8.1 of this chapter."
  • ADWR, FAQ for real estate and title agents
    "the Department cannot guarantee that the parcel does not have a well ... The best way to tell if a parcel has a well is to physically inspect the property."
  • A.R.S. 45-453(3)
    "3. Use groundwater for irrigation purposes within the exterior boundaries of an irrigation non-expansion area only pursuant to article 3 of this chapter."
  • A.R.S. 45-182(A)
    "all persons who before March 17, 1995 were using and claiming the right to withdraw or divert and make beneficial use of public waters of the state based on state law shall file ... a statement of claim for each water right asserted, on a prescribed form."
  • A.R.S. 45-273(A)
    "A claim of water right for a stockpond and application for certification of such right shall be typewritten or legibly written in ink and filed in duplicate with the director upon a printed form furnished by the director."

Records

Can I get a household well, and what will it cost all in?

State law decides this Settled

Exempt well, 35 gpm maximum pump capacity

Why, who decides and sources

Why

Arizona lets anyone drill a household well of up to 35 gallons a minute here, with only a notice to the state.

The figures

  • The 12 wells with a recorded depth within about a mile of the lot's center mostly run 704 to 1,043 feet deep (typically 928 feet). Across the wells within about a mile, of every use, the registered pump capacity is typically 7 gallons a minute; a household well's pump is capped at 35. Of the wells within about a mile, 1 looks like a dry hole: drilled but cased only at the surface, with no water level recorded, so it is left out of these depths.
  • A household well at the typical depth likely costs about $54,000 all in, and $25,000 to $85,000 across those depths: drilling and casing, pump, tank and power, the permit and a water test. The range comes from contractor rates, 2025-26; a licensed driller's quote settles it.

Who decides

ADWR, through the notice of intention to drill that you file before drilling.

Sources

Law

  • A.R.S. 45-454(B)
    "Withdrawals of groundwater for non-irrigation uses from wells having a pump with a maximum capacity of not more than thirty-five gallons per minute drilled on or after April 28, 1983 ... are exempt from this chapter, except that: 1. Such wells are subject to subsections G through K of this section. 2. In an active management area ... withdrawals ... for non-irrigation uses other than domestic purposes and stock watering shall not exceed ten acre-feet per year."
  • A.R.S. 45-454(C)
    "On or after January 1, 2006, an exempt well otherwise allowed by this section may not be drilled on land if any part of the land is within one hundred feet of the operating water distribution system of a municipal provider with an assured water supply designation within the boundaries of an active management area established on or before July 1, 1994, as shown on a digitized service area map provided to the director by the municipal provider"
  • A.R.S. 45-454(M)(1)
    "'Domestic purposes' means uses related to the supply, service and activities of households and private residences and includes the application of water to less than two acres of land to produce plants or parts of plants for sale or human consumption, or for use as feed for livestock, range livestock or poultry"
  • A.R.S. 45-454(I)
    "In an active management area only one exempt well may be drilled or used to serve the same non-irrigation use at the same location"
  • A.R.S. 45-454(L)
    "A person who owns land from which exempt withdrawals were being made as of the date of the designation of the active management area is not eligible for a certificate of grandfathered right for a type 2 non-irrigation use for such withdrawals."

Records

Can I keep animals, a garden, horses?

State law decides this Settled

Outside an Active Management Area or irrigation non-expansion area

Groundwater may be withdrawn for any reasonable and beneficial use.

Why, who decides and sources

Why

This land is outside every Active Management Area and irrigation non-expansion area.

Who decides

ADWR, through the notice of intention to drill.

Sources

Law

  • A.R.S. 45-453
    "In areas outside of active management areas, a person may: 1. Withdraw and use groundwater for reasonable and beneficial use, except as provided in article 8.1 of this chapter. 2. Transport groundwater pursuant to articles 8 and 8.1 of this chapter. 3. Use groundwater for irrigation purposes within the exterior boundaries of an irrigation non-expansion area only pursuant to article 3 of this chapter."
  • A.R.S. 45-454(B)
    "Withdrawals of groundwater for non-irrigation uses from wells having a pump with a maximum capacity of not more than thirty-five gallons per minute drilled on or after April 28, 1983 ... are exempt from this chapter, except that: 1. Such wells are subject to subsections G through K of this section. 2. In an active management area ... withdrawals ... for non-irrigation uses other than domestic purposes and stock watering shall not exceed ten acre-feet per year."
  • A.R.S. 45-454(C)
    "On or after January 1, 2006, an exempt well otherwise allowed by this section may not be drilled on land if any part of the land is within one hundred feet of the operating water distribution system of a municipal provider with an assured water supply designation within the boundaries of an active management area established on or before July 1, 1994, as shown on a digitized service area map provided to the director by the municipal provider"
  • A.R.S. 45-454(M)(1)
    "'Domestic purposes' means uses related to the supply, service and activities of households and private residences and includes the application of water to less than two acres of land to produce plants or parts of plants for sale or human consumption, or for use as feed for livestock, range livestock or poultry"
  • A.R.S. 45-454(I)
    "In an active management area only one exempt well may be drilled or used to serve the same non-irrigation use at the same location"
  • A.R.S. 45-454(L)
    "A person who owns land from which exempt withdrawals were being made as of the date of the designation of the active management area is not eligible for a certificate of grandfathered right for a type 2 non-irrigation use for such withdrawals."

Records

Is the groundwater holding up?

The record doesn't settle this Depends

It depends on the aquifer

No water-level record within 1 mi; no replacement well within about 1 mi of the parcel center.

Why, who decides and sources

Why

ADWR's water-level monitoring has no well close enough to this land.

Who decides

Nobody rules on this; a well test on the property is the best evidence.

Sources

Is it safe to drink?

Estimated from nearby records Likely

Likely

A USGS model (Ayotte and others, 2017) puts the chance a well here exceeds the arsenic limit of 10 µg/L at about 8% (range 4–8%). Fewer than three sampling sites within a mile; arsenic only.

Why this stays openNo public record shows what comes out of one private well, and no agency tests it for the owner, so this answer is the likely one from nearby records. Deciding document: a certified lab test of this well.

Why, who decides and sources

Why

Fewer than three groundwater sampling sites within a mile, so this rests on the USGS model of arsenic in domestic wells (Ayotte and others, 2017).

Who decides

A certified lab test of the well itself.

Sources

Can I build here, and on what water?

State law decides this Settled

Domestic supply from an exempt well

Why, who decides and sources

Why

The household well answer above settles the well; Mohave County checks the water when it issues the building permit.

The figures

  • The 12 wells with a recorded depth within about a mile of the lot's center mostly run 704 to 1,043 feet deep (typically 928 feet). Across the wells within about a mile, of every use, the registered pump capacity is typically 7 gallons a minute; a household well's pump is capped at 35. Of the wells within about a mile, 1 looks like a dry hole: drilled but cased only at the surface, with no water level recorded, so it is left out of these depths.
  • A household well at the typical depth likely costs about $54,000 all in, and $25,000 to $85,000 across those depths: drilling and casing, pump, tank and power, the permit and a water test. The range comes from contractor rates, 2025-26; a licensed driller's quote settles it.

Who decides

Mohave County, when it issues the building permit.

Sources

Law

  • A.R.S. 11-831(C)
    a noncompliant split "shall still be approved" if the applicant acknowledges "that a building or use permit will not be issued" until it complies

Records

Can I split it later?

State law decides this Depends

It depends on the zoning's minimum lot size, set by the city inside city limits

If it allows the lots, a county split into five or fewer, any of them ten acres or smaller, can't be refused over water; a deficient split is approved with a deed notice that no building permit will issue.

Why, who decides and sources

Why

Arizona's lot-split law gives Mohave County no water test for a split into five lots or fewer; the zoning's minimum lot size, the city's inside its limits and the county's outside, decides whether a lot can be split. A county split that falls short is still approved, with a deed notice that no building permit will issue until it's fixed.

Who decides

The zoning authority: the city, if the lot is inside one, or Mohave County.

Sources

Law

  • A.R.S. 11-831(A)
    counties may adopt staff review "of land divisions of five or fewer lots ... any of which is ten acres or smaller in size. The county may not deny approval of any land division that meets the requirements of this section."
  • A.R.S. 11-831(C)
    a noncompliant split "shall still be approved" if the applicant acknowledges "that a building or use permit will not be issued" until it complies
  • A.R.S. 11-831(D)(2)
    approval may "Identify topographic, hydrologic or other site constraints ... but there shall be no requirement for independent studies."
  • A.R.S. 32-2181(D)
    "It is unlawful for a person or group of persons acting in concert to attempt to avoid this article by acting in concert to divide a parcel of land or sell subdivision lots by using a series of owners or conveyances or by any other method that ultimately results in the division of the lands into a subdivision ... The plan or offering is subject to this article. ... A familial relationship alone is not sufficient to constitute unlawful acting in concert."

Records

Is anything about the water likely to change in the next five years?

From the public record Settled

Nothing pending, no new Active Management Area

Irrigation non-expansion area or adjudication ruling is on record for the parcel.

Why, who decides and sources

Why

No pending designation or adjudication ruling covers this land.

Who decides

ADWR and the adjudication courts, if anything is started later.

Sources

What's land like this worth with water vs without?

The record doesn't settle this Depends

It depends on an appraisal

No land sales within 1 mi in five years to compare.

Why, who decides and sources

Why

A comparison needs nearby sales both with and without water on record, and there were none.

Who decides

The market; an appraiser gives the figure a lender will use.

Sources

This report reads the public record. It is not legal advice or a title search; who decides each question is named on its card.

On record

On this parcel and within 1 mile

Registered wells
17
Typical well depth (12 wells)
928ft
Median tested yield, all wells
7gpm

Wells nearby

17none on this parcel

Details
55-588398 1,005 Yes 8 1,000 2001 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.07 mi
  • registered pump capacity 7 gpm
  • casing depth 1005 ft
  • drawdown 2 ft
55-907709 805 Yes 5 450 2007 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.17 mi
  • registered pump capacity 6 gpm
  • casing depth 805 ft
  • drawdown 740 ft
55-588409 1,255 Yes 1,130 2001 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.19 mi
55-598629 1,005 Yes 5 728 2003 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.21 mi
  • casing depth 1005 ft
55-913305 955 Yes 8 670 2011 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.29 mi
  • registered pump capacity 8 gpm
  • casing depth 955 ft
55-908052 1,480 2007 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.31 mi
  • casing depth 20 ft
55-908219 1,155 Yes 1,000 2007 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.31 mi
  • casing depth 1152 ft
55-575032 380 Yes 262 1999 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.34 mi
  • casing depth 380 ft
55-589148 880 Yes 815 2001 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.44 mi
  • casing depth 875 ft
55-572414 900 Yes 774 1999 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.46 mi
  • casing depth 900 ft
55-575272 1,360 Yes 1,080 1999 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.56 mi
  • casing depth 1360 ft
55-577863 400 Yes 226 1999 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.60 mi
  • casing depth 400 ft
55-630040 152 Yes 20 100 1957 Stock Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.60 mi
  • registered pump capacity 20 gpm
  • casing depth 80 ft
55-614885 6 Stock Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.67 mi
  • registered pump capacity 6 gpm
55-572798 880 1999 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.68 mi
  • casing depth 20 ft
55-237418 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.74 mi
55-911227 1,375 1,200 2009 Domestic Exempt (35 gpm or less)0.89 mi
  • casing depth 1370 ft

Hazards

Flood zone
Mapped, outside SFHA FEMA zone X
Wildland-urban interface
Edge 5% of the land
Earth fissures
None mapped Within 1 mile
Land subsidence
None mapped Within 1 mile

Sources

The law33
  • A.R.S. 45-576(A)
    "a person who proposes to offer subdivided lands ... for sale or lease in an active management area shall apply for and obtain a certificate of assured water supply from the director before presenting the plat for approval ... unless the subdivider has obtained a written commitment of water service for the subdivision from a city, town or private water company designated as having an assured water supply pursuant to this section."
  • A.R.S. 45-576(N)
    "'assured water supply' means all of the following: 1. Sufficient groundwater, surface water or effluent of adequate quality will be continuously available to satisfy the water needs of the proposed use for at least one hundred years. ... 2. The projected groundwater use is consistent with the management plan and achievement of the management goal for the active management area. 3. The financial capability has been demonstrated to construct the water facilities"
  • A.R.S. 45-108(A)
    "In areas outside of active management areas ... the developer of a proposed subdivision including dry lot subdivisions, regardless of subdivided lot size, prior to recordation of the plat, shall submit plans for the water supply for the subdivision and demonstrate the adequacy of the water supply to meet the needs projected by the developer to the director."
  • A.R.S. 11-823(D)(2)
    "If the director of water resources has determined that there is an inadequate water supply for the subdivision pursuant to section 45-108, the board … shall note this on the face of the plat if the plat is approved."
  • ADWR AAWS FAQ
    "A Designation of Assured Water Supply is issued to a water provider for its service area located within an AMA. A Certificate of Assured Water Supply is issued to landowners for a subdivision located within an AMA. If your subdivision will be served by a water provider that is designated as having an assured water supply, you will not need a Certificate of Assured Water Supply."
  • ADWR, List of Designated Providers (2026-09-09)
    "In order for a new development to make use of a water provider's designation, there must exist a written commitment of service from the water provider."
  • A.R.S. 45-453
    "In areas outside of active management areas, a person may: 1. Withdraw and use groundwater for reasonable and beneficial use, except as provided in article 8.1 of this chapter. 2. Transport groundwater pursuant to articles 8 and 8.1 of this chapter. 3. Use groundwater for irrigation purposes within the exterior boundaries of an irrigation non-expansion area only pursuant to article 3 of this chapter."
  • A.R.S. 45-512
    "a person may not withdraw groundwater from a nonexempt well in an active management area unless the person obtains a groundwater withdrawal permit from the director pursuant to this article"
  • A.R.S. 45-492(A)
    "a city, town or private water company shall have the right to withdraw and transport groundwater within its service area for the benefit of landowners and residents within its service area, and the landowners and residents are entitled to use the groundwater delivered"
  • A.R.S. 45-515(A)
    general industrial use permit only "from a point outside of the exterior boundaries of the service area of a city, town or private water company for a general industrial use outside" it, and only if "(3) Irrigation grandfathered rights appurtenant to acres of land in reasonable proximity ... are not available for purchase at a reasonable price", "(4) ... if located within three miles of the exterior boundaries of the service area ... has been denied service", and "(6) There is an assured water supply for the intended use"
  • A.R.S. 45-440(A) (Harquahala INA)
    "a person or entity may withdraw more than one hundred acre-feet of groundwater per year for commercial or industrial purposes other than irrigation or residential use only if the groundwater is withdrawn" from land eligible to be irrigated under 45-437(B)
  • ADWR, Practical Guide to Drilling a Domestic Water Well (2024)
    "If you are outside an AMA, there are no restrictions on the number of wells you may construct as long as the water is put to reasonable and beneficial use."
  • A.R.S. 45-251(2)
    a general adjudication is "an action for the judicial determination or establishment of the extent and priority of the rights of all persons to use water in any river system and source."
  • ADWR, Statement of Claimant / New Use Summons page
    "a separate SOC will be needed for each type of water use", and "a statement of claimant must be assigned whenever there is a change in ownership of the land."
  • San Pedro subflow order, 2017-07-13
    "The owner of a well located in the designated subflow zone may rebut … by a preponderance of the evidence, that the well is pumping groundwater."
  • A.R.S. 45-596(A)
    "In an area not subject to active management, a person may not drill or cause to be drilled any well or deepen an existing well without first filing notice of intention to drill"
  • A.R.S. 45-596(F)
    "If any water from a proposed well will be used for domestic purposes ... on a parcel of land of five or fewer acres, the applicant shall submit a well site plan", which must "Show the proposed well location and the location of any septic tank or sewer system that is either located on the property or within one hundred feet of the proposed well site" and "Show written approval by the county health authority"
  • A.R.S. 45-595(D)
    "A person who drills or modifies an exempt well on land owned by that person shall first obtain a single well license from the department."
  • A.R.S. 45-598(B)
    a person entitled to withdraw "may construct a new well or a replacement well in a new location if the location of the new well ... complies with the rules adopted by the director ... and if the person has applied for and received a permit"
  • A.R.S. 45-453(1)
    "In areas outside of active management areas, a person may: 1. Withdraw and use groundwater for reasonable and beneficial use, except as provided in article 8.1 of this chapter."
  • ADWR, FAQ for real estate and title agents
    "the Department cannot guarantee that the parcel does not have a well ... The best way to tell if a parcel has a well is to physically inspect the property."
  • A.R.S. 45-453(3)
    "3. Use groundwater for irrigation purposes within the exterior boundaries of an irrigation non-expansion area only pursuant to article 3 of this chapter."
  • A.R.S. 45-182(A)
    "all persons who before March 17, 1995 were using and claiming the right to withdraw or divert and make beneficial use of public waters of the state based on state law shall file ... a statement of claim for each water right asserted, on a prescribed form."
  • A.R.S. 45-273(A)
    "A claim of water right for a stockpond and application for certification of such right shall be typewritten or legibly written in ink and filed in duplicate with the director upon a printed form furnished by the director."
  • A.R.S. 45-454(B)
    "Withdrawals of groundwater for non-irrigation uses from wells having a pump with a maximum capacity of not more than thirty-five gallons per minute drilled on or after April 28, 1983 ... are exempt from this chapter, except that: 1. Such wells are subject to subsections G through K of this section. 2. In an active management area ... withdrawals ... for non-irrigation uses other than domestic purposes and stock watering shall not exceed ten acre-feet per year."
  • A.R.S. 45-454(C)
    "On or after January 1, 2006, an exempt well otherwise allowed by this section may not be drilled on land if any part of the land is within one hundred feet of the operating water distribution system of a municipal provider with an assured water supply designation within the boundaries of an active management area established on or before July 1, 1994, as shown on a digitized service area map provided to the director by the municipal provider"
  • A.R.S. 45-454(M)(1)
    "'Domestic purposes' means uses related to the supply, service and activities of households and private residences and includes the application of water to less than two acres of land to produce plants or parts of plants for sale or human consumption, or for use as feed for livestock, range livestock or poultry"
  • A.R.S. 45-454(I)
    "In an active management area only one exempt well may be drilled or used to serve the same non-irrigation use at the same location"
  • A.R.S. 45-454(L)
    "A person who owns land from which exempt withdrawals were being made as of the date of the designation of the active management area is not eligible for a certificate of grandfathered right for a type 2 non-irrigation use for such withdrawals."
  • A.R.S. 11-831(C)
    a noncompliant split "shall still be approved" if the applicant acknowledges "that a building or use permit will not be issued" until it complies
  • A.R.S. 11-831(A)
    counties may adopt staff review "of land divisions of five or fewer lots ... any of which is ten acres or smaller in size. The county may not deny approval of any land division that meets the requirements of this section."
  • A.R.S. 11-831(D)(2)
    approval may "Identify topographic, hydrologic or other site constraints ... but there shall be no requirement for independent studies."
  • A.R.S. 32-2181(D)
    "It is unlawful for a person or group of persons acting in concert to attempt to avoid this article by acting in concert to divide a parcel of land or sell subdivision lots by using a series of owners or conveyances or by any other method that ultimately results in the division of the lands into a subdivision ... The plan or offering is subject to this article. ... A familial relationship alone is not sufficient to constitute unlawful acting in concert."

The law

  • A.R.S. 45-576(A)
    "a person who proposes to offer subdivided lands ... for sale or lease in an active management area shall apply for and obtain a certificate of assured water supply from the director before presenting the plat for approval ... unless the subdivider has obtained a written commitment of water service for the subdivision from a city, town or private water company designated as having an assured water supply pursuant to this section."
  • A.R.S. 45-576(N)
    "'assured water supply' means all of the following: 1. Sufficient groundwater, surface water or effluent of adequate quality will be continuously available to satisfy the water needs of the proposed use for at least one hundred years. ... 2. The projected groundwater use is consistent with the management plan and achievement of the management goal for the active management area. 3. The financial capability has been demonstrated to construct the water facilities"
  • A.R.S. 45-108(A)
    "In areas outside of active management areas ... the developer of a proposed subdivision including dry lot subdivisions, regardless of subdivided lot size, prior to recordation of the plat, shall submit plans for the water supply for the subdivision and demonstrate the adequacy of the water supply to meet the needs projected by the developer to the director."
  • A.R.S. 11-823(D)(2)
    "If the director of water resources has determined that there is an inadequate water supply for the subdivision pursuant to section 45-108, the board … shall note this on the face of the plat if the plat is approved."
  • ADWR AAWS FAQ
    "A Designation of Assured Water Supply is issued to a water provider for its service area located within an AMA. A Certificate of Assured Water Supply is issued to landowners for a subdivision located within an AMA. If your subdivision will be served by a water provider that is designated as having an assured water supply, you will not need a Certificate of Assured Water Supply."
  • ADWR, List of Designated Providers (2026-09-09)
    "In order for a new development to make use of a water provider's designation, there must exist a written commitment of service from the water provider."
  • A.R.S. 45-453
    "In areas outside of active management areas, a person may: 1. Withdraw and use groundwater for reasonable and beneficial use, except as provided in article 8.1 of this chapter. 2. Transport groundwater pursuant to articles 8 and 8.1 of this chapter. 3. Use groundwater for irrigation purposes within the exterior boundaries of an irrigation non-expansion area only pursuant to article 3 of this chapter."
  • A.R.S. 45-512
    "a person may not withdraw groundwater from a nonexempt well in an active management area unless the person obtains a groundwater withdrawal permit from the director pursuant to this article"
  • A.R.S. 45-492(A)
    "a city, town or private water company shall have the right to withdraw and transport groundwater within its service area for the benefit of landowners and residents within its service area, and the landowners and residents are entitled to use the groundwater delivered"
  • A.R.S. 45-515(A)
    general industrial use permit only "from a point outside of the exterior boundaries of the service area of a city, town or private water company for a general industrial use outside" it, and only if "(3) Irrigation grandfathered rights appurtenant to acres of land in reasonable proximity ... are not available for purchase at a reasonable price", "(4) ... if located within three miles of the exterior boundaries of the service area ... has been denied service", and "(6) There is an assured water supply for the intended use"
  • A.R.S. 45-440(A) (Harquahala INA)
    "a person or entity may withdraw more than one hundred acre-feet of groundwater per year for commercial or industrial purposes other than irrigation or residential use only if the groundwater is withdrawn" from land eligible to be irrigated under 45-437(B)
  • ADWR, Practical Guide to Drilling a Domestic Water Well (2024)
    "If you are outside an AMA, there are no restrictions on the number of wells you may construct as long as the water is put to reasonable and beneficial use."
  • A.R.S. 45-251(2)
    a general adjudication is "an action for the judicial determination or establishment of the extent and priority of the rights of all persons to use water in any river system and source."
  • ADWR, Statement of Claimant / New Use Summons page
    "a separate SOC will be needed for each type of water use", and "a statement of claimant must be assigned whenever there is a change in ownership of the land."
  • San Pedro subflow order, 2017-07-13
    "The owner of a well located in the designated subflow zone may rebut … by a preponderance of the evidence, that the well is pumping groundwater."
  • A.R.S. 45-596(A)
    "In an area not subject to active management, a person may not drill or cause to be drilled any well or deepen an existing well without first filing notice of intention to drill"
  • A.R.S. 45-596(F)
    "If any water from a proposed well will be used for domestic purposes ... on a parcel of land of five or fewer acres, the applicant shall submit a well site plan", which must "Show the proposed well location and the location of any septic tank or sewer system that is either located on the property or within one hundred feet of the proposed well site" and "Show written approval by the county health authority"
  • A.R.S. 45-595(D)
    "A person who drills or modifies an exempt well on land owned by that person shall first obtain a single well license from the department."
  • A.R.S. 45-598(B)
    a person entitled to withdraw "may construct a new well or a replacement well in a new location if the location of the new well ... complies with the rules adopted by the director ... and if the person has applied for and received a permit"
  • A.R.S. 45-453(1)
    "In areas outside of active management areas, a person may: 1. Withdraw and use groundwater for reasonable and beneficial use, except as provided in article 8.1 of this chapter."
  • ADWR, FAQ for real estate and title agents
    "the Department cannot guarantee that the parcel does not have a well ... The best way to tell if a parcel has a well is to physically inspect the property."
  • A.R.S. 45-453(3)
    "3. Use groundwater for irrigation purposes within the exterior boundaries of an irrigation non-expansion area only pursuant to article 3 of this chapter."
  • A.R.S. 45-182(A)
    "all persons who before March 17, 1995 were using and claiming the right to withdraw or divert and make beneficial use of public waters of the state based on state law shall file ... a statement of claim for each water right asserted, on a prescribed form."
  • A.R.S. 45-273(A)
    "A claim of water right for a stockpond and application for certification of such right shall be typewritten or legibly written in ink and filed in duplicate with the director upon a printed form furnished by the director."
  • A.R.S. 45-454(B)
    "Withdrawals of groundwater for non-irrigation uses from wells having a pump with a maximum capacity of not more than thirty-five gallons per minute drilled on or after April 28, 1983 ... are exempt from this chapter, except that: 1. Such wells are subject to subsections G through K of this section. 2. In an active management area ... withdrawals ... for non-irrigation uses other than domestic purposes and stock watering shall not exceed ten acre-feet per year."
  • A.R.S. 45-454(C)
    "On or after January 1, 2006, an exempt well otherwise allowed by this section may not be drilled on land if any part of the land is within one hundred feet of the operating water distribution system of a municipal provider with an assured water supply designation within the boundaries of an active management area established on or before July 1, 1994, as shown on a digitized service area map provided to the director by the municipal provider"
  • A.R.S. 45-454(M)(1)
    "'Domestic purposes' means uses related to the supply, service and activities of households and private residences and includes the application of water to less than two acres of land to produce plants or parts of plants for sale or human consumption, or for use as feed for livestock, range livestock or poultry"
  • A.R.S. 45-454(I)
    "In an active management area only one exempt well may be drilled or used to serve the same non-irrigation use at the same location"
  • A.R.S. 45-454(L)
    "A person who owns land from which exempt withdrawals were being made as of the date of the designation of the active management area is not eligible for a certificate of grandfathered right for a type 2 non-irrigation use for such withdrawals."
  • A.R.S. 11-831(C)
    a noncompliant split "shall still be approved" if the applicant acknowledges "that a building or use permit will not be issued" until it complies
  • A.R.S. 11-831(A)
    counties may adopt staff review "of land divisions of five or fewer lots ... any of which is ten acres or smaller in size. The county may not deny approval of any land division that meets the requirements of this section."
  • A.R.S. 11-831(D)(2)
    approval may "Identify topographic, hydrologic or other site constraints ... but there shall be no requirement for independent studies."
  • A.R.S. 32-2181(D)
    "It is unlawful for a person or group of persons acting in concert to attempt to avoid this article by acting in concert to divide a parcel of land or sell subdivision lots by using a series of owners or conveyances or by any other method that ultimately results in the division of the lands into a subdivision ... The plan or offering is subject to this article. ... A familial relationship alone is not sufficient to constitute unlawful acting in concert."

The records read

DatasetPublisherRowsRefreshedVerify
ADWR / Arizona Geological Survey earth fissure mappingArizona Geological Survey7,47847 days agoVerifyservices.arcgis.com/…/Earth_Fissures/FeatureServer/0
Well registry (55- wells)Arizona Department of Water Resources241,04415 days agoVerifyservices.arcgis.com/…/Well_Registry/FeatureServer/0
ADWR land subsidence mappingArizona Department of Water Resources3147 days agoVerifyservices.arcgis.com/…/Land_Subsidence/FeatureServer/0
FEMA National Flood Hazard LayerFederal Emergency Management Agency43,80947 days agoVerifyhazards.fema.gov/…/services/public/NFHL/MapServer/28
USFS/SILVIS Wildland-Urban Interface 2020US Forest Service / SILVIS Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison169,98915 days agoVerifyapps.fs.usda.gov/…/EDW/EDW_WUI_2020_01/MapServer/0
USGS National Hydrography DatasetUnited States Geological Survey101,22638 days agoVerifyprd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/…/NHD_H_Arizona_State_GDB.zip
Active Management Areas and Irrigation Non-Expansion AreasArizona Department of Water Resources44 days agoVerifyservices.arcgis.com/…/AMA_INA_2024/FeatureServer
Assured and adequate water supply determinationsArizona Department of Water Resources47 days agoVerifyservices.arcgis.com/…//AAWS_Determinations/FeatureServer
Community water system service areasArizona Department of Water Resources47 days agoVerifyservices.arcgis.com/…/FeatureServer
Cadastral grid, adjudication and land-status attributesArizona Department of Water Resources14 days agoVerifyservices.arcgis.com/…/Cadastral_Grid/FeatureServer
Subflow zones (San Pedro, court-approved; Verde, proposed)Arizona Department of Water Resources48 days agoVerifyservices.arcgis.com/…/FeatureServer/0
Parcels and salesMohave County AssessorVerifymcgis.mohave.gov/…/rest/services/PARCELS/MapServer/3
List of Mandatory Adequacy JurisdictionsArizona Department of Water Resources38 days agoVerifyazwater.gov/…/20Mandatory%20Adequacy%20Jurisdictions.pdf
County boundariesArizona Department of Water Resources44 days agoVerifyservices.arcgis.com/…//services/Counties/FeatureServer/0
Objections and court-approved mailing lists in the Gila and Little Colorado River adjudicationsMaricopa County Superior Court (General Stream Adjudication)2 days agoVerifysuperiorcourt.maricopa.gov/…/whatsNew.asp
Objections and protests in ADWR's imaged recordsArizona Department of Water Resources2 days agoVerifyinfoshare.azwater.gov/docushare/dsweb/HomePage
Grandfathered groundwater rights and their file statusArizona Department of Water Resources33 days agoVerifyservices.arcgis.com/…/Use_Right_58/FeatureServer/0
Type 2 grandfathered rights and conveyances (Query Center)Arizona Department of Water Resources33 days agoVerifyapp.azwater.gov/querycenter
Surface water filing registerArizona Department of Water Resources38 days agoVerifyservices.arcgis.com/…//services/Filing_POD/FeatureServer
Statements of ClaimantArizona Department of Water Resources47 days agoVerifyservices.arcgis.com/…/FeatureServer
Water-level change analysisArizona Department of Water Resources15 days agoVerifyservices.arcgis.com/…/Water_Level_Change/FeatureServer
Groundwater quality test results (Arizona)Water Quality Portal (USGS and EPA)47 days agoVerifywaterqualitydata.us
Probability of arsenic above 10 micrograms per liter in domestic wells (Arizona)US Geological Survey (Ayotte and others, 2017)Verifydoi.org/10.5066/F7CN724V

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