2021 04-02 ADWR Request for Extension of Time
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1 Kimberly R. Parks (Bar No. 032828) Arizona Department of Water Resources 2 Legal Division 3 P.O. Box 36020 Phoenix, Arizona 85067 4 Telephone: 602-771-8472 5 Fax: 602-771-8687 [email protected] 6 7 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA 8 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA 9 IN RE THE GENERAL ADJUDICATION W-1 (Salt) 10 OF ALL RIGHTS TO USE WATER IN W-2 (Verde) 11 THE GILA RIVER SYSTEM AND W-3 (Upper Gila) SOURCE W-4 (San Pedro) 12 (Consolidated) 13 Contested Case No. W1-106 14 ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF WATER 15 RESOURCES’ REQUEST FOR 16 EXTENSION OF TIME 17 Special Master Susan Ward Harris 18 CONTESTED CASE NAME: In re Subflow Technical Report, Verde River Watershed 19 HSR INVOLVED: None 20 21 DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY: The Arizona Department of Water Resources hereby requests an extension of time until April 30, 2023 to file its Subflow Technical Report for 22 the Verde River Watershed. 23 NUMBER OF PAGES: Three and six-page attachment 24 DATE OF FILING: April 2, 2021 25 26 1 In the Order filed November 27, 2017, the Court requested that the Arizona 2 Department of Water Resources (ADWR) develop a technical report and map regarding 3 the subflow zone of the Verde River Watershed. In the Minute Entry Order filed March 3, 4 2020, the Court requested that ADWR file its report by June 1, 2021. ADWR hereby 5 requests an extension of time until April 30, 2023 to file its report. 6 In the course of preparing the report, ADWR found that the geologic mapping for 7 the Verde River Watershed conducted by the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) in 2009 8 did not include certain perennial and intermittent tributaries in the Verde Watershed. 9 Attached as Figure 1 and Table 1 are a map and list of the perennial and intermittent 10 stream reaches ADWR has considered for its subflow mapping, including the stream 11 reaches that were not part of the original mapping project. Table 1 reflects ADWR’s 12 recommendations as to whether additional surficial mapping is required for each location 13 or whether additional information is needed for a particular stream reach to allow ADWR 14 to assess the need for additional mapping. 15 Once AZGS completes the work requested by ADWR, ADWR will need additional 16 time to incorporate the new information into the technical report. ADWR hereby requests 17 an extension of time until April 30, 2023 to file its report. This estimated timeline is 18 subject to sufficient funding being available to ADWR. 19 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 2nd day of April, 2021. 20 21 ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES 22 23 Kimberly R. Parks, Deputy Counsel 24 25 26 -2- 1 ORIGINAL of the foregoing and attachments sent by first-class mail on April 2, 2021, to: 2 3 Clerk of the Maricopa Superior Court Attn: Water Case 4 601 W. Jackson Street 5 Phoenix, Arizona 85003 6 COPIES of the foregoing and attachments sent by first-class mail on April 2, 2021, to: 7 8 Special Master Susan Ward-Harris Maricopa County Superior Court 9 Central Court Building 10 201 West Jefferson Street, Suite 3A Phoenix, AZ 85003-2205 11 COPIES of the foregoing and attachments 12 sent by first-class mail on April 2, 2021, to all parties 13 on the court-approved mailing list for Contested Case No. W1-106. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 -3- FIGURE 1 Sycamore Canyon W. Fork Oak Creek W Spring Creek al nut Creek Sycamore Canyon ApacheWilliamson Creek Valley Wash Granite Creek Little Chino Oak Creek Wash Verde River Dry BeaverRed Creek Draw Tank Wet Beaver Creek Walker Creek West Clear Creek West Clear Creek Granite Creek Ellison Houston Creek Creek Fossil Creek Webber Creek Pine Creek Red Creek Tangle Creek East Verde River Wet Bottom Creek Lime Creek Sycamore Wash Deadman Creek Verde River Alder Creek Camp Creek Sycamore Creek Subflow Mapping of the Verde River Miles Legend Watershed 0 12.5 25 ¯ Mapping Complete Figure 1 Mapping or Evaluation Still Needed Arizona Department of Water Resources Verde Subwatershed Boundary April 2021 Data sources include: Esri, HERE, Garmin, USGS, NGA, EPA, USDA, NPS TABLE 1 TABLE 1 Subflow Mapping of the Verde River Watershed - List of Streams Estimated Evaluation Next Stream Name Location Description Miles of Complete? Step Mapping Tributary to Verde River Alder Creek near 5 No Reconnaissance river mile 29 Apache Creek Northwest of Paulden 5 No Reconnaissance NW of Barttlett Camp Creek Reservoir, NE of Cave 4 No Reconnaissance Creek Tributary to Deadman Verde River at 11 No Reconnaissance Creek river mile 46.5 Dry Beaver Tributary to Wet Beaver 18 No Reconnaissance Creek Creek Tributary to East Verde Verde River at 53 Yes Finished River river mile 81 Tributary to East Verde Ellison Creek River, 6 No Reconnaissance north of Payson In re Subflow Technical Report, Verde River Watershed W1-106 Page 1 of 5 April 2021 TABLE 1 Subflow Mapping of the Verde River Watershed - List of Streams Estimated Evaluation Next Stream Name Location Description Miles of Complete? Step Mapping Tributary to Fossil Creek Verde River at 18 Yes Finished river mile 85 Prescott to southeast of Granite Creek 28 No Reconnaissance Pauden Tributary to Houston Creek Verde River at 6 No Reconnaissance river mile 80 Tributary to Lime Creek Verde River at 6 No Reconnaissance river mile 46 Little Chino South of Paulden, flows 4 No Reconnaissance Wash to Sullivan Lake Tributary to Oak Creek Verde River at 52 Yes Finished river mile 129 Tributary to East Verde Pine Creek 18 No Reconnaissance River, west of Payson In re Subflow Technical Report, Verde River Watershed W1-106 Page 2 of 5 April 2021 TABLE 1 Subflow Mapping of the Verde River Watershed - List of Streams Estimated Evaluation Next Stream Name Location Description Miles of Complete? Step Mapping Tributary to Red Creek Verde River at 7 No Reconnaissance river mile 65 Tributary to Wet Beaver Red Tank Draw Creek, north of Camp 3 No Reconnaissance Verde Tribuary to Oak Creek, Spring Creek 4 No Map north of Cornville Tributary to Sycamore Verde River at 4 No Map Canyon river mile 156 Sycamore East of Fort McDowell 24 No Reconnaissance Creek Tributary to Sycamore Verde River at 4 No Map Wash river mile 55 Tributary to Tangle Creek Verde River at 12 No Map river mile 56 In re Subflow Technical Report, Verde River Watershed W1-106 Page 3 of 5 April 2021 TABLE 1 Subflow Mapping of the Verde River Watershed - List of Streams Estimated Evaluation Next Stream Name Location Description Miles of Complete? Step Mapping Begins at Sullivan Lake Verde River and flows to the Salt 193 Yes Finished River Tributary to Wet Beaver Walker Creek 3 No Map Creek Walnut Creek Northwest of Paulden 12 No Reconnaissance Tributary to East Verde Webber Creek River, 11 No Reconnaissance north of Payson First 39 miles mapped; West Clear need the last 5 miles of 5 Yes Map Creek the perennial reach mapped West Fork Oak Tributary to Oak Creek 8 No Reconnaissance Creek Canyon Tributary to Wet Beaver Verde River at 36 Yes Finished Creek river mile 117 In re Subflow Technical Report, Verde River Watershed W1-106 Page 4 of 5 April 2021 TABLE 1 Subflow Mapping of the Verde River Watershed - List of Streams Estimated Evaluation Next Stream Name Location Description Miles of Complete? Step Mapping Tributary to Wet Bottom Verde River at 4 No Map Creek river mile 64 Williamson West of Paulden 15 No Map Valley Wash In re Subflow Technical Report, Verde River Watershed W1-106 Page 5 of 5 April 2021.