stormwater; groundwater; recharge; urging support

This House Concurrent Memorial (HCM 2003) urges Arizona's Department of Water Resources and State Land Commissioner to prioritize groundwater recharge projects. It specifically directs them to focus on developing 331 identified sites on state trust land for infrastructure that captures stormwater to replenish underground water supplies - addressing the fact that over 95% of rainfall currently evaporates before recharging aquifers. The memorial also instructs agencies to account for private and public recharge projects in their water supply planning. As a non-binding memorial, it does not create new law but encourages existing state and local entities (like counties and water districts) to advance these projects.