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<br />f' <br /> <br />(continued) <br />for the CAP A study was commissioned <br />on the feasibility of a state,funded <br />aqueduct. <br />But in the nation's capitol the struggle <br />began to go Arizona's way. Senator Carl <br />Hayden had been elected to Congress <br />when Arizona won statehood in 1912. <br />Now, as Chairman of the Senate Appropri- <br />ations Committee and nearing the end of <br />his final term, he led the fight for CAP <br />approval. Hayden's influence helped Ari, <br />zona prevail and the Colorado River Basin <br />Project Act was passed by Congress in <br />1968-approving construction of the <br />Central Arizona Project. Ground was bro, <br />ken for the project in May of 1973. The <br />dream of the 1920s has now become <br />reality. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br />1:"", <br />j. <br />1'- <br /> <br /> <br />Arizona's Colorado River <br />Commission studies a <br />proposal to bring <br />surface water from <br />Utah. <br /> <br />1932 <br /> <br />Locomision del Rfo <br />Colorodo de Arizona <br />estudiaunpropuesfo <br />para troeroguo de <br />5uperficiede Utah. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br />The Santo Cruz River, circa 1900. <br /> <br />Arizona Historical Society <br /> <br />U.s. Bureau of <br />Redomofionrevives <br />Colorado River <br />proposal. <br /> <br /> <br />U.S. Bureau of Reclamation <br />recommendslIqueductfrom <br />lake Hovosu to central <br />Arizona. <br /> <br />1940 <br /> <br />1947 <br /> <br />EIBur;d. <br />Reclomocion de 105 <br />Estodos Unidosrevive <br />elpropuesfodelRfo <br />Colorado. <br /> <br />Un acueductodesdeellogo <br />Hovosu 01 Centro de Arizona <br />esrecomendodo porel Bur6 <br />de Redomocion de los <br />Estodos Unidos. <br /> <br />~~^~.~~ <br />