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<br />c: <br />C\J <br /><: <br />c <br /> <br /> <br />The aqueduct begins at <br />Buckskin Mountain. <br /> <br />r- <br /> <br />c--. <br /> <br />THE MISSION <br /> <br />J/T 0 provide an alternative water supply, of reasonable price and quality, and services <br />related to that supply for the benefit of our customers." <br /> <br />This Mission Statement was adopted by the Central Arizona Water Conservation District <br />(CAWCD) board of directors in 1990. <br /> <br />CA WCD was authorized by the Arizona Legislature 20 years ago to serve as the single <br />entity by which water users in Maricopa, Pinal and Pima counties could contract with the <br />federal government for construction and repayment of reimbursable costs of the Central Ari- <br />zona Project (CAP). <br /> <br />The dream of Arizona interests since early in the century was that someday the CAP, when <br />completed, would convey Colorado River water across the desert to agricultural, municipal <br />and industrial users in the central part of the state. <br /> <br />Completion of the CAP's main aqueduct construction is scheduled in 1992. Regulatory <br />control for CAP water will be provided by New Waddell Dam, which should be finished in <br />1993 and in operation the following year. The dam is being built at Lake Pleasant on the Agua <br />Fria River northwest of Phoenix. <br /> <br />CAWCD operates and maintains portions of CAP construction completed by the U.s. <br />Bureau of Reclamation. To carry out its mission, CAWCD as of June 30,1991, had 401 employ- <br />ees. Of those, about 75 percent were involved in maintenance and operations roles. Adminis- <br />trative and support personnel made up the remainder of the staff. <br /> <br />CAWCD will repay the federal government approximately 70 percent of the CAP's esti- <br />mated $3.7 billion construction cost. Funds for repayment will accumulate through the sale of <br />water and electricity and through an ad valorem tax on property within the district (the tax <br />does not apply on Indian reservations). <br /> <br />The CAP was authorized for construction as part of the Colorado River Basin Project Act of <br />September 30, 1968. It is the largest project undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation since its <br />organization by the U.s. Department of the Interior in 1903. <br /> <br />