AZ 6 Flashcards
The over pumping of groundwater faster than it can be replaced by nature
Overdraft
Areas where irrigation uses threaten to exceed limited water supply
Irrigation non-expansion areas (INA’s)
An area where excessive overdrafting is occurring
Active management areas (AMA’s)
Water use has been retired from irrigation
May not be sold separately from the land
Type 1 non-irrigation right
Based on historical groundwater pumping for a non-irrigation use
May be sold separately from land
Type 2 non-irrigation right
A method of describing property boundaries using distance and compas directions from point to point
Metes and bounds
Lines that run north and south every 6 miles from the principal meridian
Ranges
Six by six miles square parcel of land
Townships
An east west row of a township is called
Tier
A parcel of land 1 mile by 1 mile
There are 36 in a township
Sections