Water Wisdom: Empty to full in 23 seconds
The CAP system is designed to move water and it all starts at Mark Wilmer Pumping Plant, the first and largest plant in the system. Its six, 66,000 horsepower
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Breaking barriers: Wildlife crossings help maintain migration corridors
CAP’s 336-mile system winds across Arizona, bisects the state and thus, creates a man-made barrier to important wildlife corridors. This barrier has the potential to
If you provide the water, they will come!
You may know that CAP delivers water to 80% of Arizona’s population, but you probably don’t know that we also provide water for Arizona’s wildlife.
How does the water cross the road? Through an inverted siphon
English En Español English When a 336-mile canal system needs to traverse the State of Arizona, how do you get the water it carries across
Happy New (Water) Year! Here’s an animated look at “last year.”
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”
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English En Español English Colorado River water enters the CAP system near Lake Havasu, and from the moment it begins the 336-mile journey, it is
First-ever Tier 1 shortage for Colorado River operations
Based on the Jan. 1, 2022 projected level of Lake Mead at 1065.85 feet above sea level, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior has declared
The duck curve: “Quacking” the code on power generation
It had to be the image of a waterfowl. Of all the things to portray the impact solar energy has made on traditional power generation,
