2022 Tier 1 Colorado River shortage
Learn more about the declared Tier 1 Colorado River shortage for 2022.
Colorado River Shortage Preparedness
The Colorado River Basin continues to experience drought and the impacts of hotter and drier conditions. As a result, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior has declared the first-ever Tier 1 shortage for Colorado River operations in 2022.
Arizona Reconsultation Committee
Before the end of 2026, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior will develop new guidelines for the long-term management of the Colorado River system. The Colorado River Basin States will play a leading role in the process to develop those new guidelines. The process will take many years and require multiple levels of discussion, negotiation and coordination within Arizona and among the Basin states.
Colorado River water: Adapting, protecting and building resiliency.
Reliable deliveries to central and southern Arizona.
Stolen petroglyphs welcome visitors at Lake Pleasant
Unique, century-old rock carvings can be seen as you enter the Lake Pleasant Regional Park Discovery Center.
Collaborative partnerships focus on cost-effective solution to allow agriculture to thrive while conserving Colorado River water
The Tier 1 Colorado River Shortage reductions we will be taking next year will most severely impact central Arizona agriculture. CAP, along with partners in Arizona and across the Colorado River Basin, has been researching alternatives with the aim of saving water and sustaining irrigated agricultural productivity. Thanks to a low-cost, innovative irrigation technology from an Israel-based company called N-Drip, a solution may be at hand in the form of low-pressure, gravity-powered micro-irrigation.
CAP and ADWR partner with Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to advance development of large-scale recycled water project
Building on increased collaboration on the Colorado River, water
agencies in Southern California and Arizona have forged a new
partnership to advance development of one of the largest water
recycling plants in the country – a project that would help restore
balance to the over-stressed river.
Public Meetings
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are held at CAP Headquarters, 23636 N. 7th St., Phoenix, AZ. Sign up to be notified of CAP board meetings.
About Us
Central Arizona Project (CAP) is Arizona’s single largest resource for renewable water supplies. CAP delivers Colorado River water to Maricopa, Pinal and Pima counties, serving more than 5 million people, or more than 80% of the state’s population.
Contracting
Doing business with CAP. CAP engages in a wide range of activities while operating and maintaining the components of the system, and a great variety of equipment, supplies and services must be purchased to support these operations.
