The Irrigation Wells and Related Statement of Claimant.

There were three irrigation wells, which were claimed in an old State Land Department version statement of claimant that consisted of three components.  As mentioned in the 2008 memo, the statement of claimant should be amended for a number of reasons, including the correct characterizations of the wells AND to delete references to the stockponds (see the discussion on the stockponds).  A more detailed discussion of the issues is in the 2008 memo.

Existing Filings.

• Statement of Claimant 39-2140;
• Registered Well No. 55-613295;
• Registered Well No. 55-613296; and
• Registered Well No. 55-613297.

Corrective Drafts.

Since we last worked on these, ADWR raised its fees to $100 per well registration just for a transfer.  David Brown, the Cattle Growers Association and several others were able to negotiate with ADWR into lowering the fees.  We think the fees will go back down in June to a more reasonable level, but I suggest that we hold off on filing until the fees go down.

If you want, just mark your changes on the corrective drafts and fax them to me, toll free, at 866-450-4034.  The memo discusses the updates and why they were made.

Change in Well Ownership for 55-613295 - The well is listed as inactive, but if it's going to be used again, the ownership should probably be updated. I suggest that you hold off on this until the filing fees go down.

Change in Well Information for 55-613296 - The change in well information corrects the irrigated acreage and removes references to the stockponds (see separate discussion).  It adds stockwatering as a use.  There is no filing fee for the change in information.

• Change in Well Information Form for 55-613296 (PDF - opens in a new window).
• Schedule A to the Change in Well Information Form (this is a Microsoft Word document, so you'll need to save it to your computer).  This form opens from my laptop but for some reason, shows that it is corrupt when trying to download, even though it's not.  Here's a backup in case the first download does not work correctly.
• Exhibit packet to go with this form (PDF - opens in new window).

Change in Well Information for 55-613297 - The changes to this well registration are similar to the ones for 55-613296.  There is no filing fee for the change in well information.

• Change in Well Information Form for 55-613297 (PDF - opens in a new window).
• Schedule A to the Change in Well Information Form (this is a Microsoft Word document that you'll need to save to your hard drive in order to read).  Here's the backup.
• Exhibit packet to go with this form (PDF - opens in a new window).

Statement of Claimant No. 39-2140 - There's an in-depth discussion of the issues associated with this Statement of Claimant in the 2008 memo, as well as my calculations for the claimed volume of water. The original statement of claimant was filed back when the Arizona State Land Department handled the water right filings before ADWR was created in 1980. Accordingly, the form included numerous uses. The forms that were changed per the adjudication separated out various forms for domestic, irrigation, stockpond and other uses (the latter of which includes stockwatering, fish/rec/wildlife, municipal, etc.) You need to take a close look at the amendment and schedule.

• Irrigation Use Amendment to SOC 39-2140 (PDF - Opens in a new window).
• Schedule A to Irrigation Use Amendment (this is a Word document that you need to download to view).
• Exhibit packet to go with the Irrigation Use SOC Amendment.