Summary Report - Central Arizona Project with Federal Prepayment Power Arrangements

Report: "Summary Report Central Arizona Project With Federal Prepayments Power Arrangement", February 1967, page 6PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT Purposes As originally set forth in the 1947 report, the Central Arizona Project plan of development would make Colorado River water available to the project area through a pumping and aqueduct system which would raise and convey the water from Lake Havasu, on the Colorado River, into the Central Service Zone which is essentially comprised of the Phoenix-Tucson area. Through exchange, water could be made available in the areas of Arizona and New Mexico outside of the Central Service Zone. The present plan of development remains the same in all major aspects with the exception of the source of pumping energy required for project pumping needs. Project facilities would coordinate the use of imported Colorado River water and the local water resources of the Gila River Basin. The project is designed to provide water for irrigation and municipal and industrial purposes. Additional purposes include flood control, recreation, fish and wildlife conservation, sediment retention, salinity control, power generation, and area redevelopment. Project Facilities The backbone facilities of the Central Arizona Project would be the Granite Reef, Salt-Gila, and Tucson Aqueducts, which would convey pumped Colorado River water to the Central Service Zone. Minor changes in the 1947 aqueduct location have been made due to urbanization. This is particularly true on the north side of the Phoenix metropolitan area. 6Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 754,084 byte