Access to Excess Water Public Workshop Arizona Water Banking Authority October 22, 2008 Water Available to the AWBA 3,000 Thousand Acre-Feet AWBA AGRI 2,500 M&I & Tribes 2,000 1,500 On-River 1,000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 Year
AWBA Performance Volume of Water Delivered through 2008 ( 2008 forecasted) 4,000 3,430 3,500 3,188 Annual Deliveries (1,000 Acre-Feet) Cumulative Volume 3,000 2,803 2,442 2,500 2,229 1,943 2,000 1,730 1,500 1,384 1,089 1,000 795 544 385 361 500 325 346 294 295 243 286 251 219 213 213 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Year Arizona Water Settlements Act AWBA statutes amended to make � Water Bank agent for the State Agreement between the Secretary of � Interior and AWBA for the Firming of Central Arizona Project Water - November 15, 2007
Indian Firming � State’s responsibility: • firm 15,000 AF water reallocated to Gila River Indian Community • firm 8,724 AF water reallocated to AZ Indian tribes • assist Secretary in carrying out obligations of Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act (Tohono O’odham)
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