Tribes, farms wary of proposed CAP cuts as Lake Mead falls

The Central Arizona Project canal brings water from the Colorado River across most of the arid expanse of the state of Arizona, supplying water to large cities including Phoenix and Tucson.
The Central Arizona Project canal brings water from the Colorado River across most of the arid expanse of the state of Arizona, supplying water to large cities including Phoenix and Tucson.

By Tony Davis | Arizona Daily Star

Tribes are apprehensive, cities are more upbeat and farmers stand somewhere in between over a proposed plan to cut CAP water deliveries to keep Lake Mead from falling to dangerously low levels.

At separate meetings here this week, tribal officials, attorneys and irrigation officials grilled Central Arizona Project officials about the proposal. It would require a 33 percent cut in water deliveries once the lake dropped another 4 or 5 feet below where it’s expected to be at the end of this year, and cuts of up to 40 percent later. City officials, who stand at the top of the priority list for CAP water, asked few questions.

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