Water providers SRP and CAP to connect systems, shore up Valley water security
The Valley’s two largest water providers will connect their systems, allowing water from the Salt River Project into the Central Arizona Project canal system. The project would give SRP and CAP the flexibility to move water through the Valley. Combined, the two providers serve the vast majority of Arizonans. SRP water comes from the Salt and Verde Rivers. CAP water comes from the Colorado River and is in danger of taking cuts. SRP and CAP have different service areas. The proposed SRP-CAP Interconnection Facility (SCIF) would allow water users, like some central Arizona cities and towns with rights to SRP water to access it.
Other Colorado River Basin infrastructure news:
- The Arizona Republic (Phoenix): How a new pipeline will help Mesa deal with Colorado River cutbacks
- Tucson Sentinel (Arizona): Can Arizona maintain its drought response as water & money dry up?
- KTAR (Phoenix): Camp Verde helps protect the Verde River with 2 water conservation projects
