Central Arizona Project
May 2008--Rosemont mine may expand CAP pipeline (US Water News)
A Green Valley (AZ) company is proposing to nearly double the size of a planned pipeline to import Central Arizona Project water into the
April 19, 2008--Green Valley pipeline to tap into CAP could cost $17 million (Denver Post)
Experts
studying how to bring Central Arizona Project water to Green Valley and
Sahuarita say it would require a pipeline 3-feet in diameter and cost
between $9 million and $17 million. The
April 17, 2008--NM governor pledges to fight Gila River diversion (Las Cruses Sun)
Gov. Bill Richardson said Thursday he'll consider
proposing a statutory protection for the Gila River in southwestern New
March 17, 2008--Seeking the water jackpot (High Country News)
Editor's note: This is a well-written, timely, and informative article related to American Indian Water Rights--specifically the Navajo Nation, to include, but is not limited to the
March 15, 2008--The new water czars (High Country News)
Editor’s note: This is a well-written, timely, and informative article related to American Indian Water Rights on the Gila River Reservation to include, though not limit
March 15, 2008--Tribe defeated a dam and won back its water (High Country News)
Unlike the Pima Indians of the Gila River Indian Community, the Yavapai were not traditionally farmers.
March 15, 2008--The great Central Arizona Project funding switcheroo (High Country News)
In 1968, the state of Arizona and Congress agreed to build the Central Arizona Project, or CAP, a 336-mile system of canals and pumps that lifts water more than 3,000 vertical feet
December 2007--Something new for Tempe's Town Lake, treated wastewater (U.S. Water News Online)
Tempe officials say they will soon be filling Town Lake with treated wastewater.
November 26, 2007--CAP's draw on Colorado River a record (Arizona Central)
The Central Arizona Project will draw a record 1.74 million acre-feet of water from the Colorado River in 2007, an amount that includes the largest deposit ever in the state's underground water ban
