By Tom Buschatzke, director, Arizona Department of Water Resources and Ted Cooke, general manager, Central Arizona Project (The following opinion piece was published in the Sunday, May 8 edition of the Arizona Republic) For weeks, we’ve been seeing media reports regarding conditions in the Colorado River Basin, specifically with regard to our country’s largest reservoirs, … Read more
by Ted Cooke, general manager, Central Arizona Project The new year is approaching and for the first time in 2022, the Lower Colorado River Basin will be in a Tier 1 shortage. In Arizona, these Tier 1 reductions constitute about 30% of Central Arizona Project’s normal supply; about 18% of Arizona’s Colorado River supply; and … Read more
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” (those folks who are really into hydrology!) a look at the year’s snowpack and runoff. So, Water Year 2021 has just ended and now it’s on to Water Year 2022. … Read more
Seizing every opportunity to use Colorado River resources as efficiently and effectively as possible and to help slow Lake Mead’s declining levels, water agencies across the Southwest are partnering with the federal government to fund a short-term agricultural land fallowing program in California that will conserve water on a large scale. The partnership among the … Read more
CAP is excited to announce the release of its new water quality web portal – the AquaPortal. The project started with the Board approval of the Consensus Proposal for Water Quality Standards in June, 2018. What seemed to be a relatively simple task of improving the data sharing capabilities of CAP’s water quality program turned … Read more
ADWR and CAP joint statement in response to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s first-ever declaration of a Colorado River Shortage The Colorado River Basin continues to experience drought and the impacts of hotter and drier conditions. Based on the Jan. 1 projected level of Lake Mead at 1,065.85 feet above sea level, the U.S. … Read more
This special Stakeholder Spotlight post was created in collaboration by CAP and BKW Farms Brian Wong, President of BKW Farms in Marana, says that his company is always looking for new crops and more efficient irrigation techniques. “We like to do crazy new stuff,” he said at a recent meeting. That may be part of … Read more
Editor’s note: Julie Mazo joined CAP’s Human Resources Department (HR) in August 2019, bringing more than 10 years of military and civilian HR experience. Julie Mazo is one of the first to meet new employees at CAP. As a human resources assistant, she greets all new employees on their first day with a warm smile … Read more
This special Stakeholder Spotlight post was created in collaboration by CAP, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and the city of Tucson The Pascua Yaqui Tribe is a federally recognized Indian tribe that occupies a Reservation of about 2,000 acres southwest of Tucson. Historically, the Yaqui have lived in this part of the Sonoran Desert for centuries, … Read more