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<br />~ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />o <br />,If:) <br />C'! <br />C"- <br />C <br /> <br />Phoenix, Arizona <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Bob Walsh - (602) 261-4327 <br />Public Affairs Officer <br /> <br />FIRST FUNDING AND CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR NON-INDIAN WATER <br />DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS CONNECTING TO CAP APPROVED BY RECLAMATION <br /> <br />Conditional approval of three proposals for construction of non-Indian irri- <br />gation distribution systems for Central Arizona Project (CAP) water was <br />announced today by Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado Regional Director <br />Bill Pl unwner. <br /> <br />Plummer said the plans approved were those submitted to the Bureau by the <br />Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation and Drainage District, the New Magma Irrigation <br />and Drainage District, and the Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage <br />District. The approval was conditional because final construction designs <br />must still be reviewed and approved by the Bureau. <br /> <br />"These are the first water-user entities to receive approval of their <br />proposed water distribution systems for receiving CAP water," said Plunnner. <br /> <br />Construction of water distribution and drainage facilities for non-Indian <br />lands was authorized by the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968 to obtain <br />optimum water development and use through improved efficiency. The costs of <br />these facilities will be fully repayed through contracts with individual <br />entities. <br /> <br />To date seven additional entities with plans in various stages of comple- <br />tion have indicated an interest in using the repayment contract process to <br />build their distribution systems. Other entities have elected to use private <br />or municipal funding sources to finance distribution system construction. <br /> <br />Central Arizona Project water deliveries are scheduled to begin in 1985. <br />The project will deliver an average of about 1.2 million acre-feet of Colorado <br />River water a year to central Arizona for municipal, industrial, and agricul- <br />tural use. <br /> <br /># # # <br />