The CAWCD board election is non-partisan and the candidates are included on the general election of the county in which the candidate resides. This year, there are five seats in Maricopa County that are up for election. No Pima or Pinal County seats are up for election this year. CAWCD is not involved in any election activities and by law cannot provide any specific information on board candidates. As we move further into election season, information may be found at www.azcleanelections.gov/voter-dashboard. Learn more about the CAWCD board...

By Silvana Burgos, Arizona Hydrological Association Herman Bouwer Intern - CAP hosted an Arizona Hydrological Society intern this summer. She will be recognized at the annual AHS Symposium, Sept. 19-21. Read more about what she learned during her time with us...

Thomas Buschatzke, Arizona Department of Water Resources Director, and Ted Cooke, Central Arizona Project General Manager, explain that the Lower Basin Drought Contingency Plan, or LBDCP, is not designed to keep Lake Mead above the first tier of shortage. Rather, it’s meant to keep Lake Mead from further dropping to the most critical elevation levels, at which point Arizona’s Colorado River water users would be facing deep cuts to their water supplies and the river system would be in extreme stress. Read more about the LBDCP...LBDCP...

CAP wishes everyone a happy and safe Labor Day weekend!

The CAP Customer Service Task Force held its last meeting on Aug. 16. At that meeting, the task force voted on a set of recommendations to put forward to the CAWCD Board of Directors on September 6, 2018. The objective of the Customer Service Task Force was to identify actionable improvements to CAP customer service processes. Read more about the Customer Service Task Force recommendations...

The AZDCP Steering Committee met for the first time on July 26, 2018. At that meeting, ADWR and CAWCD identified the mission of the Steering Committee, which is to “discuss and recommend how to adopt and implement the Lower Basin Drought Contingency Plan (LBDCP) in a way that is acceptable to Arizona water users.” During the meeting, ADWR and CAWCD also identified four essential elements to consider as tools to implement the Lower Basin Drought Contingency Plan (LBDCP) in Arizona:  1) CAP Agriculture Mitigation; 2) Tribal Intentionally Created Surplus; 3) CAP Excess Water Plan; and 4) an Arizona Conservation Plan Learn more about the AZDCP Meeting...