Section 48-4972 - Groundwater replenishment obligation; replenishment location; source of replenishment; exceptionA. The district shall replenish groundwater in an amount equal to the water district groundwater replenishment obligation. The district shall complete the replenishment of the water district groundwater replenishment obligation applicable to a particular year within three full calendar years following the year that the district incurs the water district groundwater replenishment obligation. Replenishment of the water district groundwater replenishment obligation applicable to a particular year is complete when the amount of water added to aquifers through water storage that has been credited directly to the district's water district account pursuant to title 45, chapter 3.1, plus long-term storage credits that are transferred from the district's long-term storage account to its water district account pursuant to title 45, chapter 3.1, less the water district groundwater replenishment obligations of water district member lands and water district member service areas and applicable to previous years, less the contract replenishment obligations relative to municipal providers for previous years and for the year of the calculation, equals or exceeds the water district groundwater replenishment obligation for that year.B. The district shall replenish groundwater pursuant to this article in the active management area where the district is located.C. Except as provided by title 45, chapter 3.1, the district may replenish groundwater with central Arizona project water or water from any other lawfully available source except groundwater withdrawn from within an active management area.D. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a parcel of water district member land is included in the service area of a municipal provider that is not a water district member service area but that has been designated as having an assured water supply under section 45-576, the parcel of water district member land has no water district parcel replenishment obligation and the district has no water district groundwater replenishment obligation attributable to that parcel of water district member land for as long as the designation remains in effect.