CAP Canal Hero The Central Arizona Project canal north of Phoenix moves water from Lake Pleasant to southern Arizona. July 2021 || Christopher Conover/AZPM
Kozachick urged council to “lead by example” and cut water order.
By Steve Jess || Arizona Public Media
In the midst of a decades-long “mega-drought” that has left major reservoirs nearly empty, the Tucson Mayor and Council voted Tuesday to ask for the same 144,000 acre-foot allotment from the Colorado River as in most previous years.
Tucson Water Director John Kmiec says the city needs to hold on to its bargaining position, because asking for less just means other water users get more.
“If you don’t take your full allocation it’s essentially a voluntary walk away. You’re just walking away from those deliveries, which then can be reallocated to somebody else,” Kmiec said.
