Whether it is the need for infrastructure to shift from groundwater use to surface water, as in the case of Harris-Galveston Subsidence District; the development and use of computer models employed by Kings Basin; the monitoring network established and maintained by the Edwards Aquifer Authority; or, the groundwater recharge facilities constructed and operated by Orange County Water District, they. [...] To obtain a Certificate of AWS, the developer must demonstrate that the water supply will be of adequate quality, will be available for the next 100 years, will be consistent with the safe yield management goal of the Phoenix AMA and with the Management Plan, and that the developer is financially capable to construct necessary water facilities. [...] The CAP, managed and operated by the Central Arizona Water Conservation District, served to switch the source of supply for many water users, effectively reducing the significant groundwater declines experienced in the AMA prior to construction of the canal. [...] Every irrigation district, city, town and private water company must submit 1) an annual report that includes a map of the water distribution system, 2) the number of miles of lined and unlined canals in the system or the water mains, storage and treatment facilities, 3) the total quantity of water that was withdrawn, diverted, received, used and delivered, and 4) estimate of total lost and unacco. [...] Even with these challenges and the various factors contributing to the reductions in groundwater declines, the aquifer underlying the Phoenix AMA has improved significantly from where it was prior to the adoption of the Groundwater Management Code.
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