HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Presentation - Central Arizona Project UpdateYOUR WATER. YOUR FUTURE.
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KAREN CESARE
CAWCD BOARD SECRETARY
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Marana Town Council
CAP Facts & Figures
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•336-mile aqueduct stretches from Lake
Havasu to Tucson, this includes:
14 pumping plants that lift water nearly
3,000 feet
•10 siphons, 4 tunnels
•Lake Pleasant – our storage reservoir,
New Waddell Dam and Waddell Pump
Generating Plant
•Deliveries began in 1985
•Construction was complete in 1993
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Central Arizona Project
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CAP Service Area
3 counties – Maricopa, Pinal and
Pima
Serves region where 80% of the
state’s population resides, with
nearly 6 million people
Supply allocated 46% to tribes and
54% municipal
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CAP Water: Marana
o Marana has several water supplies,
but relies primarily on groundwater
o Marana’s CAP allocation is stored at
the Lower Santa Cruz Recharge
Project.
o Central Arizona Groundwater
Replenishment District (CAGRD)
Member Service Area
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CAWCD Governance
CAWCD is governed by a 15-member
Board of Directors
Each Board member is elected from
CAP’s three-county service area and
serves a staggered, unpaid six-year
term:
•10 from Maricopa
•4 from Pima
•1 from Pinal
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Colorado River Basin and Shortage
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Colorado River Allocation
Upper Basin States: Colorado, New Mexico, Utah,
and Wyoming
Lower Basin States: Arizona,
California, and Nevada
7.5 million acre-feet (MAF) annual allocation of
Colorado River water for the Upper Basin, 7.5 MAF for
the Lower Basin and 1.5 MAF for Mexico
Lower Basin allocations
•AZ (2.8 MAF)
•CA (4.4 MAF)
•NV (0.3 MAF)
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Lower Basin DCP Contributions to Lake Mead
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Lake Mead
Lake Powell
88%
81%
73%
68%
89%
Colorado River Water Supply Report
As of October 29, 2023
System Contents: 25.011 MAF
Last Year System Contents: 19.425 MAF
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*With respect to previous month’s report
88%
34%, 8.89 MAF
Current Elevation
1,065.55’
37%, 8.73 MAF
Current Elevation
3,572.77’
Reservoir Current Change*Maximum
Lake Mead 8.85 - 0.02 26.12
Lake Powell 8.73 - 0.06 23.31
Flaming Gorge Reservoir 3.23 - 0.03 3.67
Fontenelle Reservoir 0.27 - 0.01 0.33
Navajo Reservoir 1.12 - 0.03 1.65
Blue Mesa Reservoir 0.60 - 0.03 0.82
Morrow Point Reservoir 0.10 - 0.01 0.12
Crystal Reservoir 0.02 0.00 0.02
Reservoir Capacities (MAF)
CAP Contributions in Shortage: 2024
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Large-scale conservation
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Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District
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What is CAGRD?
Central Arizona Groundwater
Replenishment District (CAGRD) was
created in the mid-1990s to help water
providers and landowners comply with
Arizona’s groundwater laws
CAGRD plays an important role in
Central Arizona’s groundwater
management by replenishing
groundwater pumped by its members
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CAGRD’s Relationship to CAP
Not a separate entity – a special
function of CAP
Governed by the CAWCD Board of
Directors and serves members in
Maricopa, Pima & Pinal counties
Financially separate – funded solely
by members
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Ways CAGRD Replenishes
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Agua Fria Recharge Project Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation and Drainage District
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CAGRD Members
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CAGRD Plan of Operation
By statute, CAGRD operates under a 10-year
Plan of Operation.
All Plans have been developed with public
input and have been approved by ADWR.
The current 10-year Plan of Operation was
approved by ADWR on August 5, 2015.
Describes the projected obligations and water
resources to meet those current and future
obligations.
Last year, CAGRD staff began a multi-year
effort to develop the next Plan of Operation.
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202520242023
2025 Plan of Operation Timeline
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2022
Replenishment
projections developed
Description of
planned & potential
water supplies
Capacity and
capability sections Draft Submitted
to ADWR ADWR Decision
Nov 2022
Stakeholder
Briefing and
numerous Focus
Groups
May 24
Stakeholder
Roundtable on
Replenishment
Projections
Sept 6
Stakeholder
Roundtable on
planned &
potentially
available water
supplies
Stakeholder
Roundtable followed
by Board decision to
approve Plan of
Operation
Hearing and Public
comment period on
draft plan
Committee Meetings Stakeholder/Roundtable Meetings
What’s next?
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Post -2026 Process
CAP emphasized certain concepts:
•Balancing the Colorado River System
•Compliance with Colorado River Compact
•Implementing ICS or a similar storage mechanism
•Augmentation and Exchanges
Basin States anticipate working together to develop an alternative
for Post-2026 EIS
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Proposed Water Education Center
Create a new accessible space on the CAP Headquarters
campus to offer new visitor experiences that explore
CAP’s history, its operations and its impact on Arizona.
Pima County residents will have an opportunity to give
their input on the architecture and exhibits at a public
open house: Friday, Dec. 8, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., El Rio
Center, 1390 W. Speedway Blvd., Tucson
Take our survey:
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For More Information:
CAP’s news site – KnowYourWaterNews.com
CAP’s main website (with information on the
Drought Contingency Plan and Arizona
Reconsultation Committee) –
CentralArizonaProject.com (search shortage)
Other resources:
Arizona Department of Water Resources --
new.azwater.gov
US Bureau of Reclamation – usbr.gov
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Thank You!