45-176 - Arizona Statutes

45-176. Transfer of water rights; water rights settlement; limitation; required consent (Rpld. 1/1/20) A water right may be severed from the land to which it is appurtenant or from the site of its use if for other than irrigation purposes without losing priority to the water right established, with the consent and approval of the owner of the right, and transferred to an Indian tribe, or the United States in trust for the benefit of the Indian tribe, with a congressionally approved tribal water rights settlement agreement for lands within the little Colorado river basin for vegetative restoration use including wildlife. The rights severed and transferred pursuant to this section shall not, in total, exceed three thousand six hundred acre feet. The severance and transfer is subject to approval by a court of competent jurisdiction, or if none, by the director pursuant to section 45-172.