Water resources data for the 1976 water year for Arizona consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and measurements of ground-water levels. Also included are discharge data for crest-stage partial-record stations and water-quality data for partial-record stations. Locations of the gaging stations are shown in figures 1, 5, and 6, and of water-quality stations in figures 2 and 5. Additional water data were collected at various sites, which are not part of the systematic data-collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements of miscellaneous water-quality analyses. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Arizona.