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<br />DEPARTMENT ollh~NTERIOR <br /> <br />news release <br /> <br />Contact: Bea Wildes <br />602-870-2392 <br /> <br />CWCB <br /> <br />SE? 21 '\99'\ . / <br />/ <br />For Immediate Releasefi.~' <br />September 26, 1991 .' / <br />'" <br /> <br /> <br />cr;:\ <br /> <br />f" <br />- . <br />~ <br />C'.' <br />C'": <br /> <br />\.. <br /> <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION <br />Arizona Projects Office <br />P.O. Box 9980 <br />Phoenix AZ 85068 <br /> <br />TUCSON CELEBRATES ARRIVAL OF <br />CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT WATER <br /> <br />Tucson will celebrate the arrival of Central Arizona Project (CAP) water <br />in two days of activities, October 4 and 5, at the Tucson Water Treatment <br />Plant near the intersection of Ajo Road and Tucson Estates Parkway. <br /> <br />Participating on the program Friday, October 4, will be B.P. Cardon, <br />President of SAWARA; John J. Rhodes II, and Paul Fannin, for.mer congressmen; <br />Dennis B. Underwood, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation; Jack Williams, <br />former Governor; Cliff Pugh, former Project Manager of the Arizona Projects <br />Office; "Buck" O'Reilly, former president of SAWARA; Mike Tubbs, Director of <br />Tucson Water; Josiah Moore, Chairman, Tahone O'odham: and Bob Towles, Regional <br />Director, Lower Colorado Region, Bureau of Reclamation. Many other people <br />will be in attendance who have been instrumental in the promotion of the <br />concept of the CAP and in making this water delivery possible. The first <br />Tucson CAP water will be released into the lower raw water ~poundment area of <br />the water treatment plant for testing following the remarks by Mr. Towles. The <br />official program will be followed by tours of the water treatment plant. <br /> <br />S~ilar tours of the site will be given to the general public Saturday, <br />October 5. <br /> <br />This event is the cu~nation of many years of planning and construction. <br />On September 30, 1968, the bill was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, <br />authorizing the Bureau of Reclamation to construct the CAP. Colorado River <br />water is now conveyed from a point just north of Parker, Arizona through the <br />western and central part of the state to the Tucson area. This water is <br />available for distribution to municipalities and industries, Indian <br />communities, and irrigation districts. However, Tucson water customers will <br />not receive CAP water until summer of 1992. <br /> <br />The reduction in the use of ground water, flood control, increased <br />recreation, and enhanced fish and wildlife control are all benefits provided <br />by the CAP. <br /> <br />On November 15, 1985, Phoenix celebrated completion of its link to the <br />CAP. Municipal, industrial, Indian and non-Indian agricultural areas as far <br />south as the Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage District, in southern <br />Pinal County, (about 275 miles from the Colorado River) are now receiving <br />Colorado River water. <br /> <br />BOR <br />