By Scott Bryan, water quality and biology administrator Due to relatively high flows, a lack of cover and habitat, and sparse food resources, the CAP canal is not an ideal location for fish from the Colorado River to thrive. Despite this, fish populations in the canal persist at a reasonably high rate. Sportfish species, like … Read more
By Brenda Burman, CAP general manager March is Women’s History Month… and we would like to highlight some women at CAP and the contributions they make to support CAP’s mission to deliver Colorado River water to central and southern Arizona. As the first female general manager of CAP, I appreciate this opportunity to celebrate the … Read more
By Martin Stiles, senior public affairs analyst Editor’s note: Each year, the Water Education Foundation (WEF) hosts a Lower Colorado River Tour, sponsored by CAP, where participants experience a three-day trip along the mainstem of the Colorado River from Las Vegas to Yuma. Martin, one of three CAP attendees, shares his experience. Day 1 I … Read more
By Scott Bryan, Water Quality and Biology Administrator Due to relatively high flows, a lack of cover and habitat, and sparse food resources, the CAP system is not an ideal location for fish to thrive. Despite this, fish populations in the canal persist at a reasonably high rate. Sportfish species, like largemouth and smallmouth bass, … Read more
By Tom Buschatzke, director, Arizona Department of Water Resources and Ted Cooke, general manager, Central Arizona Project (The following opinion piece was published in the Sunday, May 8 edition of the Arizona Republic) For weeks, we’ve been seeing media reports regarding conditions in the Colorado River Basin, specifically with regard to our country’s largest reservoirs, … Read more
by Ted Cooke, general manager, Central Arizona Project The new year is approaching and for the first time in 2022, the Lower Colorado River Basin will be in a Tier 1 shortage. In Arizona, these Tier 1 reductions constitute about 30% of Central Arizona Project’s normal supply; about 18% of Arizona’s Colorado River supply; and … Read more
In the “water world,” our New Year’s is October 1, since the water year extends from October through the following September to give “water wonks” (those folks who are really into hydrology!) a look at the year’s snowpack and runoff. So, Water Year 2021 has just ended and now it’s on to Water Year 2022. … Read more
Seizing every opportunity to use Colorado River resources as efficiently and effectively as possible and to help slow Lake Mead’s declining levels, water agencies across the Southwest are partnering with the federal government to fund a short-term agricultural land fallowing program in California that will conserve water on a large scale. The partnership among the … Read more
CAP is excited to announce the release of its new water quality web portal – the AquaPortal. The project started with the Board approval of the Consensus Proposal for Water Quality Standards in June, 2018. What seemed to be a relatively simple task of improving the data sharing capabilities of CAP’s water quality program turned … Read more
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