Managers of the Central Arizona Project, which carries water from the Colorado River to the Phoenix and Tucson areas, are raising alarm about potential water cutbacks coming to the region. A draft of federal plans released earlier this month laid out some scenarios that would drastically reduce the amount of water flowing to central Arizona.
“It is a devastating hit to the state of Arizona,” said Brenda Burman, CAP’s general manager. “It appears they are trying to wipe us off the map.”
Burman cited potential water management plans laid out in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for post-2026 Colorado River operations. That document, released by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, outlines the multiple options that federal water managers could choose to distribute water from the river…