HB 2763
Initials PAB/AH Page 1 Natural Resources, Energy & Water
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
HB2763: appropriation; Mohave wash recharge basin
Sponsor: Representative Gillette, LD 30
Committee on Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Overview
Appropriates $4,371,100 from the state General Fund (GF) to the Department of Transportation
in FY 2024 to distribute to Mohave County to design and construct the Mohave Wash Recharge
Basin.
History
Mohave County Recharge Projects
The Mohave County Flood Control District has planned eight aquifer recharge projects within the
Hualapai Irrigation Non-Expansion Area. One of these projects is a recharge basin at the
confluence of Mohave Wash and Rattlesnake Wash, which is north of Kingman. This basin would
intercept stormwater for infiltration into the underlying aquifer. Based on historical data, it would
intercept at minimum 160 acre-feet per year from Mohave Wash and another 25 acre-feet per
year from Rattlesnake Wash.
Water Supply Development Revolving Fund
The Water Supply Development Revolving Fund is administered by the Water Infrastructure
Finance Authority (WIFA) and helps areas of Arizona that lack access to a sufficient long-term
water supply to construct the projects necessary to obtain additional water supplies. To
accomplish this task, the fund may provide loans of up to $3,000,000 and grants of up to
$2,000,000 to eligible entities for water supply development projects, subject to certain limitations
prescribed by WIFA (A.R.S. § 49-1273). These projects include planning, building or developing
facilities for replenishing groundwater, actively or passively recharging stormwater and reclaiming
and reusing water (A.R.S. § 49-1201). Entities eligible to receive fund monies include:
1) A water provider that distributes or sells water outside of active management areas
located in Maricopa, Pima and Pinal Counties; and
2) Any municipality, county, district, commission, authority or other public entity organized
under Arizona law or a voter-approved charter or initiative that is outside of active
management areas located in Maricopa, Pima and Pinal Counties (A.R.S. § 49-1270).
Provisions
1. Appropriates $4,371,100 from the state GF to the Department of Transportation in FY 2024
to distribute to Mohave County for the design and construction of the Mohave Wash Recharge
Basin. (Sec. 1)
2. States that the Legislature intends for Mohave County to contribute $495,676 to the project.
(Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note