Battery backup, check!
April 16, 2024
Maria Cerda, senior procurement contract administrator, checks a large shipment of backup batteries that are scheduled to be sent out to turnouts along the system. Turnouts are
Know Your Water News
Safety for Life
April 3, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMVhtVT_QSc Last week, CAP held its 15th annual Safety Week, an all-employee event that is dedicated to required and elective training. CAP employees attended 108
Overhaul: A team effort
March 26, 2024
Salt Gila Pumping Plant, the sixth plant in the CAP system, has 10 pumps that lift water 75 feet on its journey from Lake Havasu
Employee perspective: Safety first
March 19, 2024
Headquarters Maintenance electrician Chris Beloit was manually switching a 3000-Amp Pringle switch on SES-2, a procedure that is necessary when shedding and restoring load in a planned
Lower Basin States take steps to provide a reliable Colorado River supply in the near- and long-term
March 13, 2024
This has been an incredibly busy time for Colorado River news. Here are a few highlights to update you on recent important announcements. First, on
Lower Basin Alternative: Reduction Determination
March 6, 2024
The Lower Basin States’ Alternative for Post-2026 Operations includes two major concepts: Maximum system contents – System contents are based on the volume in seven major
Blasted!
February 20, 2024
https://youtu.be/ovnThDblPMw?si=Kh05pRqi-JhLuQp- Bryan Zahariades, one of CAP’s industrial coating specialists is abrasive blasting a trash rake beam from Red Rock Pumping Plant at 100 pounds per
Birds-eye view
February 14, 2024
New Waddell Dam is an earthen fill dam that is nearly 5,000 feet long and forms Lake Pleasant, CAP’s largest reservoir. The lake serves two
Employee perspective: Taking it all in
February 13, 2024
Mark Wilmer Pumping Plant is the first and largest plant in the CAP system, with six 66,000-horsepower pumps that lift the water more than 800 vertical
