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
area's biggest water users, including mining and agricultural
interests, are studying ways to tap into CAP to bolster rapidly
depleting groundwater supplies. About 80 percent of local pumping goes to area mines and pecan groves. The rest is consumed by golf courses and water utilities. Users are drawing out more water than
can be sustained, and that would lead to a 20 percent drop in supplies
by 2030.
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