2025 Lake Pleasant water levels: See CAP’s operational forecast

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Attention, Arizona outdoor recreationists and water wonks: The 2025 forecast for Lake Pleasant is now available.

Visit this Lake Pleasant page on CentralArizonaProject.com.

The page provides a general overview of Lake Pleasant’s role in CAP operations, and the latest elevations and amount of water being pumping into, or released out of, the lake. Near the bottom of the page, see the operational forecast for Lake Pleasant and New Waddell Dam operations with 2025 annual and forecast elevations.

The latest Tier 1 shortage declaration for Colorado River operations requires a 512,000 acre-foot-reduction to the state’s Colorado River supply.

Though CAP will be delivering less water to central and southern Arizona, because of adjustments in the way CAP operates the system, CAP plans to manage Lake Pleasant like years past and is not currently expecting the water level to be significantly impacted this year. CAP expects the lake level to go down, but not outside normal historical operating ranges.

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