CAP recently launched its “Know Your Water” campaign to highlight the economic impact of Colorado River water delivered by CAP to the state, celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Colorado River Basin Project Act, educate people about the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District (CAGRD) and to showcase CAP water users and even employees. Read more about the Know Your Water campaign...

Laura Grignano, former senior policy analyst in Central Arizona Project’s (CAP’s) Resource, Planning & Analysis group, has assumed the role of Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District (CAGRD) manager. Grignano oversees CAGRD, which was created by the Arizona legislature in 1993 to be operated by CAP throughout its three-county service area – Maricopa, Pima and Pinal. CAGRD’s purpose is to provide a mechanism for landowners and water providers to demonstrate an assured water supply under the Assured Water Supply Rules, which became effective in 1995. Read more about Laura Grignano...

"In the late fifties and sixties, there was a 20-year period that nobody hardly ever drew a breath that didn't say something about getting Colorado River water into the central part of Arizona...I think Arizona will probably be a leader of the field in terms of conserving water and using it in the best possible manner. I think we can be pioneers and pace-setters relative to the way water is used."

Summer 1968 - Senator Wayne Jackson (Washington - chairman of the Senate Interior Committee) and Representative Wayne Aspinall (Colorado - chairman of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs) name to members of the conference committee to consider CAP - Carl Hayden and Mo Udall.

Healthy soil leads to healthy plants, but could it also result in water savings? That’s the question being asked by a group of ASU Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives researchers who are the recent recipients of a $50,000 Innovative Conservation Program (ICP) grant to work on a project at City of Phoenix parks. Read more about the research...

During the winter months, Colorado River water is pumped into the lake, raising the elevation. Then, during the summer months – to be exact, this year it’s June 4 – water is released from Lake Pleasant to supplement water deliveries in central and southern Arizona, while generating electricity along the way. Read more...