Prescott Alternative Water Allocation Policy Calendar Year 2016

The City of Prescott water service area is located within the Prescott Active Management Area (PrAMA) established under the Arizona Groundwater Code of 1980. The City manages its water resources in compliance with state laws, including management plans administered by the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR), that establish water management strategies to help achieve the goal of safe-yield by 2025. Effective in 1999, the PrAMA is also subject to the requirements of the Assured Water Supply (AWS) program.

Currently, the City water portfolio consists of 24,574.84 acre-feet/year (AF/yr), of which 9466.02 AF/yr is groundwater supplies and 7,041.42 AF/yr is alternative water supplies, water that is the “alternative“ to groundwater supplies. City alternative water supplies include three blocks of water: reclaimed and surface water supplies within the AMA, and imported supplies from the Big Chino sub-basin. Currently, the imported supplies (8,067.74 AF/yr) are not connected to the existing infrastructure. 

This water allocation policy, effective for the remainder of Calendar Year 2016, applies to available alternative water supplies only.