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By Suelen Rivera | KTAR
After more than a year of being offline, one of Arizona’s largest water-banking facilities is back in operation this month, officials announced Wednesday.
The Granite Reef Underground Storage Project stores water for use during prolonged drought periods or when a shortage is declared on the Colorado River system, which officials expect to happen in 2022.
The stored water, nearly half of which is stored on behalf of the Arizona Water Banking Authority, would then be available to be pumped out of the ground and delivered to residents.
