Shape matters
September 20, 2022
The 336-mile CAP canal is shaped like a trapezoid. Why? The short answer: CAP’s specific trapezoidal shape is a balance of hydraulic efficiency and constructability.
Know Your Water News
We finally had a great monsoon! Did it help CAP and the Colorado River Basin?
September 14, 2022
By Orestes Morfin and Nolie Templeton, PhD, CAP Colorado River Programs senior analysts Arizona’s storm lovers were finally treated to a great monsoon season filled
Colorado River Tier 2a shortage for 2023: Here’s a video overview
September 13, 2022
https://youtu.be/10xVK_xfJuE We’re more than 20 years and counting into our current drought, which has been worsened by climate change. The Lower Colorado River Basin will
Remembering 9/11
September 13, 2022
CAP’s employee volunteer group – CAP turnouts – headed out early Friday, September 9 to place some of the 2,977 flags at the Tempe Healing
85
September 6, 2022
It is safe to work around environments with a sound level below 85 decibels. Safety: It’s who we are.
Ready, set, rebuild
August 30, 2022
During a pump overhaul, the pump is disassembled, and its components are either stored on site, sent to CAP Headquarters for repairs, or sent out
CAWCD Board leaders express opinion in the Arizona Republic
August 29, 2022
Current Board President Terry Goddard and Immediate Past President Lisa Atkins react to recent federal announcements about the Colorado River. Read More
CAP lends voice to climate change discussion
August 24, 2022
CAP’s Colorado River Programs Manager Vineetha Kartha served on an Arizona Forward panel this week, “Get the Real Story: How Climate Change is Affecting Arizona.”
Statement from ADWR Director Tom Buschatzke and CAP General Manager Ted Cooke in response to the U.S. Department of the Interior announcement of actions to protect the Colorado River system and 2023 Operating Conditions for Lake Powell and Lake Mead
August 16, 2022
Since Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Touton’s Senate testimony in June, Arizona has been working hard with the Basin States and Reclamation to identify actions that
