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 Category | Administrative Completeness Review | Substantive Review | Overall Time Frame |
| Standard drinking water treatment facility, project or well approval to construct (ATC) | 16 | 37 | 53 |
| Complex drinking water treatment facility, project or well approval to construct (ATC) | 16 | 67 | 83 |
| Standard drinking water treatment facility, project or well approval of construction (AOC) | 16 | 37 | 53 |
| Complex drinking water treatment facility, project or well approval of construction (AOC) | 16 | 67 | 83 |
| Standard drinking water new source approval (NSA) | 16 | 37 | 53 |
| Complex drinking water new source approval (NSA) | 16 | 67 | 83 |
| Drinking water time extension approval | 16 | 16 | 32 |
1Per R18-1, Article 5