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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />C::' <br />r... <br />C".1 Di.stri.bution Systems <br />t"1': <br />~ Construction of all planned non-Indian agriculuture water <br />~ distribution systems will be complete by April. The proposed delivery <br />system for the city of Prescott, a diversion pipeline from the Verde <br />River, is on hold pending resolution of concerns about its impact on an <br />endangered fish species in the river. <br />The Ak-Chin Indian Community on-farm distribution system, begun in <br />1986, is complete, and has been delivering CAP water since 1987. <br />Rehabilitation of the Tahono O'Odham Nation's San Xavier District <br />farm and construction of a new farm for the Schuk Taak District will <br />begin this year. <br /> <br />Operations** <br /> <br />In 1989, the CAP delivered 715,365 acre-feet of Colorado Riyer <br />water. Thirty entities received CAP water in 1989. This included nine <br />irrigation districts, the Ak-Chin Indian Community, and nine <br />municipalities that have water allocations and long-term CAP water <br />delivery subcontracts. An additional 11 entities that have only short- <br />term (generally one year) water delivery contracts purchased water from <br />the project. That water was used for agricultural, municipal and <br />construction purposes. <br />The projected water delivery for 1990 is 882,000 acre-feet. The <br />project will probably not begin delivering the projected long-term <br />average of 1.5 million acre-feet per year until 1992, after the city of <br />Tucson begins taking water. <br /> <br />** Operation and maintenance of completed CAP water delivery facilities is <br />being perfo~ed by the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (also known <br />as the Central Arizona Project). The District was formed in 1971 under <br />Arizona law to operate and maintain the project and repay to the federal <br />treasury the project's reimbursable construction costs. <br /> <br />-30- <br />