
Touring with a Colorado River legend
CAP staff with former Secretary of the Interior and Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt at the Mark Wilmer Pumping Plant. As Secretary, Babbitt signed the document

CAP staff with former Secretary of the Interior and Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt at the Mark Wilmer Pumping Plant. As Secretary, Babbitt signed the document

On Sept. 20, 1968, the Colorado River Basin Project Act authorized the Bureau of Reclamation to fund and construct the Central Arizona Project (CAP) system.

CAP typically has more than 60 water users that fall into three user groups: municipal and industrial, agricultural and Native American Tribes.

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Central Arizona Project’s 336-mile aqueduct is an engineering marvel, lifting Colorado River water more than 2,900 vertical feet from Lake Havasu City to Tucson. Extensive