Groundwater Users Advisory Committee (GUAC)

Each AMA is authorized to have a Groundwater Users Advisory Council (GUAC) consisting of five members (Article 2: Active Management Areas, 45-420). The members are appointed by the Governor and serve for six years.  Members of the council are appointed by the Governor to represent the users of groundwater in the AMA and on the basis of their knowledge of, interest in and experience with problems relating to development, use and conservation of water.

 

The general duties of the GUAC are to advise the area director for the AMA, make recommendations on AMA groundwater management programs and policies, provide comment on the management plans before they are promulgated by the director, and provide comment to the Arizona Water Banking Authority. Current members of the Phoenix AMA GUAC are:

Stephen Cleveland, Chair                    Appointed August, 1992

City of Glendale          

 

Frank Fairbanks, Vice-Chair                 Appointed June, 1990

City of Phoenix  

                                                                           

Ron Rayner                                       Appointed May, 2002

Goodyear                 

                                    

Patricia Turpin                                   Appointed March, 2004

 

David Rousseau                                Appointed January, 2006

Salt River Project