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Mohave supervisors hear why Golden Valley water allocations now cost about $6,250 each
Summary
The Board of Supervisors heard a detailed presentation from the county public works director on the history and current status of water allocations for the Golden Valley Improvement District, including the origins of the allocation system, how many allocations remain, and why unassigned allocations are currently priced at about $6,250 each.
Steve Letosky, Mohave County director of public works, told the Board of Supervisors on July 21 that Golden Valley Improvement District (GVID) water allocations date to assessments filed in 1990 and a 1991 Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) designation of adequate water supply. GVID originally assigned 4,989 allocations and ADWR’s 1991 adequate water supply amount of 1,400 acre-feet translated to 6,200 allocations in policy documents, Letosky said. Today about 402 unassigned allocations remain available.
The allocations system is a property-right mechanism that lets a parcel connect physically to the district system; Letosky…
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