Photos

Crowd watching the first delivery of Colorado River water via the Central Arizona Project

Let it flow!

May 22, 1985 was a historic day and in the desert west of Phoenix, a crowd gathered to witness it — the first delivery of

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Two CAP volunteers working with soil at Tigermountain Foundation’s community gardens

Celebrating Earth Day!

In recognition of Earth Day, CAP Turnouts — the volunteer group at CAP – recently spent a morning at one of Tigermountain Foundation’s community gardens. These

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Hand holding rock snot

Rock snot in bloom

One of the biological challenges faces in the CAP canal is Cymbella, also known as rock snot. This microscopic diatom forms a polysaccharide stalk that

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U.S. Bureau of Reclamation staff view viewed images of a submerged pipe looking for damage

Deep dive

The Lower Colorado Region Dive Team of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation joined with CAP to perform an inaccessible features examination of the Reach 11 dike inlet

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CAP machine shop tray of nuts

Ah nuts!

From 21-foot siphons to 66,000 horsepower pumps, CAP’s infrastructure is amazing! Our machine shop fabricates pieces of this infrastructure which are pretty incredible on their own, like these

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