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At any given minute, nearly eight billion gallons of water are managed from the CAP Control Center. The Control Center is manned 24/7 by operators

The Black Mountain Operating Reservoir is located at the southern end of the CAP system and is used to store water as a buffer for

Pima Mine Road Recharge began full-scale operations in December 2001. Its five basins cover 23 acres and have an annual permitted volume of 30,000 acre-feet.

Snyder Hill Pumping Plant has nine units that lift water 293 feet. The plant sits next to Black Mountain Pumping Plant, the final plant in

CAP is the largest user of power in the state of Arizona and the cost of that power constitutes 40% of the cost of our

San Xavier, the thirteenth plant in the CAP system, has five pumps that lift water a maximum of 146 feet.

The Colorado River winds its way through spectacular and diverse landscapes on its journey that begins in Colorado and ends in the Sea of Cortez.

Last week, CAP stocked 6,500 channel catfish for caddisfly control into CAP canal waters where these insects have been especially annoying. Learn more about caddisflies.

Springtime along the canal is colorful.