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Drinking Water Engineering Review | Licensing Time Frames

Licensing time frames and processes are the number of business days (excluding weekends and State holidays) that ADEQ has to process the application and come to a final decision.1 Counting of days may be stopped for requesting additional information from the applicant. Licensing time frames are summarized as follows:

License CategoryAdministrative Completeness ReviewSubstantive ReviewOverall Time Frame
Standard drinking water treatment facility, project or well approval to construct (ATC)163753
Complex drinking water treatment facility, project or well approval to construct (ATC)166783
Standard drinking water treatment facility, project or well approval of construction (AOC)163753
Complex drinking water treatment facility, project or well approval of construction (AOC)166783
Standard drinking water new source approval (NSA)163753
Complex drinking water new source approval (NSA)166783
Drinking water time extension approval161632

1Per R18-1, Article 5