Water Facts presents Arizona Water Banking Authority = AWBA Banking water for Arizona

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Water FactspresentsArizona Water Banking
Authority AWBABanking water for Arizonas
future
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• Direct delivery of CAP water to recharge facility
  to enable it to seep down to the groundwater
  table.

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• CAP water is delivered to Agricultural facility
  to replace groundwater pumping therefore,
  groundwater credits are accumulated.

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Cumulative Totals of Banked Water thru
2007(Credits for 2007 estimated)

Location Facility Deliveries (AF) Deliveries (AF) Deliveries (AF) Credits (AF) Credits (AF) Credits (AF)
  Type Intrastate Interstate Total Intrastate Interstate Total
Phoenix AMA USF 776,198 25,204 801,402 725,900 23,820 749,720
  GSF 679,054 0 679,054 625,847 0 625,847
sub-total   1,455,252 25,204 1,480,456 1,351,747 23,820 1,375,567
               
Pinal AMA1 USF 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GSF 810,724 396,813 1,207,537 746,760 414,744 1,161,504
sub-total   810,724 396,813 1,207,537 746,760 414,744 1,161,504
               
Tucson AMA USF 394,418 93,526 487,944 371,324 88,170 459,494
  GSF 11,796 0 11,796 11,206 0 11,206
sub-total   406,214 93,526 499,740 382,530 88,170 470,700
               
Totals USF 1,170,616 118,730 1,289,346 1,097,225 111,990 1,209,215
  GSF 1,501,574 396,813 1,898,387 1,383,813 414,744 1,798,557
    2,672,190 515,543 3,187,733 2,481,037 526,734 3,007,772

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Estimated Deliveries-2006Tucson AMA

• Avra Valley Basin Total acre feet
• Avra Valley 6,600
• Lower Santa Cruz 7,500
• LSC Interstate 32,997
• Clearwater (CAVSARP) 20,000
• Clearwater Interstate 5,000 72,097
• Tucson Basin
• Pima Mine Rd. 5,732
• PMR Interstate 14,328
• 20,060

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Water Banking Costs for 2008

• Storage at Cost/AF Total Cost
• USF/Phoenix 59 4,543,000
• USF/Tucson 65 4,971,890
• GSF 20 1,540,000
• Interstate storage
• USF/Phoenix 240 18,480,000
• USF/Tucson 241 18,557,000
• GSF 191 14,707,000
• Potential Storage Capacity Available by AMA
• Phoenix at least 77,000 af
• Pinal 30,000-40,000 af
• Tucson 10,000 af

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For more information Nancy Freeman Groundwater
Awareness League, Inc. www.g-a-l.info