WATER CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT

Tucson Code ch. 27, art. VII

in effect

Tucson Code § 27-100 Method.

Sec. 27-100. Method. (a) The city shall use only groundwater from unpolluted sources as its potable water supply for a five-year interim period beginning on the effective date of this article [November 13, 1995], except as specifically provided in section 27-101. (b) The city shall take the necessary actions to ensure that it is in total compliance with its existing contract for Central Arizona Project (CAP) water. (c) For five (5) years from the effective date of this article [November 13, 1995], CAP water delivered to the city shall be used only for one or more of the following purposes: (1) For selling or exchanging water under the terms of the city's existing CAP subcontract. (2) To preserve Tucson's groundwater for domestic use by replacing groundwater which would otherwise have been withdrawn for uses other than as potable water such as agriculture, mining or other industry. (3) To prevent land subsidence and augment Tucson's groundwater supply by basin and stream bed recharge. (4) To replace other water supplies currently being employed for industrial and landscape irrigation use including parks, golf courses and schools. (5) For direct well injection if it is treated as described in section 27-101 and is free from disinfection by-products. (Ord. No. 8564, § 1, 8-7-95)

Tucson Code § 27-101 Exception.

Sec. 27-101. Exception. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, CAP water may be directly delivered as a potable water supply only if it is treated in a manner sufficient to ensure that the quality of the delivered water is equal to or better in salinity, hardness and dissolved organic material than the quality of the groundwater being delivered from Tucson's Avra Valley well field on the effective date of this article [November 13, 1995]. (Ord. No. 8564, § 1, 8-7-95; Ord. No. 8574, § 1, 9-5-95)

Tucson Code § 27-102 Recharge.

Sec. 27-102. Recharge. (a) The city shall not recharge water in any area that contains or is adversely effected by toxic landfills. (b) To prevent land subsidence within the city's central well field, all groundwater withdrawals shall be completely replenished, as measured over any five-year period, using recharge including recharge of CAP water treated as provided in section 27-100(c)(5). (Ord. No. 8564, § 1, 8-7-95; Ord. No. 8574, § 1, 9-5-95)

Tucson Code § 27-103 Definitions.

Sec. 27-103. Definitions. In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Pollution means the presence of an amount of any substance in groundwater which exceeds any standard prescribed by the laws of the state or the United States for potable water. (2) Disinfection by-products are the chemical compounds formed when chlorine, ozone or chloramines are used to disinfect water containing dissolved organic material. (Ord. No. 8564, § 1, 8-7-95; Ord. No. 8574, § 1, 9-5-95) Editors Note: Section 27-100 through 27-103 added as the result of an Initiative Special Election held November 7, 1995, pursuant to a citizen-initiated measure--Initiative Petition No. 1994-1001. The amendment became effective on November 13, 1995.

Source: City of Tucson, Tucson Code (Charter and General Ordinances) and Unified Development Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/tucson/latest/tucson_az/0-0-0-20725Fetched: 10/28/2026