In January 2025, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) began an informal stakeholder process to investigate the possibility of creating an Ag-to-Urban program through rule. Later that year, the Governor signed SB1611, which established an Ag-to-Urban program through statute. This page contains historical information, with the passage and Governor's signature of SB1611, the Ag-to-Urban (A2U) Program was created. This law will become effective on September 26, 2025.
Past Public Stakeholder Meetings
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| Ag-to-Urban: Informal Public Meeting 3/12/2025 | Wed, Mar 12 2025, 10am |
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| Ag-to-Urban: Informal Public Meeting 2/26/2025 | Wed, Feb 26 2025, 10am |
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| Ag-to-Urban: Informal Public Meeting 2/5/2025 | Wed, Feb 5 2025, 10am |
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| Ag-to-Urban: Technical Working Group Meeting | Thu, Jan 30 2025, 10am |
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| Ag-to-Urban: Informal Public Meeting 1/16/2025 | Thu, Jan 16 2025, 10am | Meeting Recording |
On February 26, 2025, ADWR presented stakeholders with a a draft potential Ag-to-Urban rule, which is available here. Please note that the need for a rule has been superseded by the passage of SB1611.
Stakeholder Comments on the Draft Potential Rule Outline
ADWR has created an interactive dashboard which stakeholders may use to help guide their understanding of how different variables could shape the impact of an Ag-to-Urban program on groundwater supplies. ADWR has also made the dashboard’s underlying data set publicly available at this link here.
The dashboard is embedded below and may be accessed in a larger format here.