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<br />Cl:I <br />'" <br />N <br />C"': <br />c <br />.:. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Five and one-half years of intensive study and widespread public comment <br /> <br />led to today's decision. Nine possible options were developed by the Bureau <br /> <br />of Reclamation for consideration. The CAP is scheduled to commence water <br /> <br />deliveries to Phoenix late in 1985 and to Tucson by 1991, carrying an average <br /> <br />of 1.2 million acre-feet per year upon completion, and reducing over-reliance <br /> <br />on rapidly depleting ground water supplies. <br /> <br />Benefits will include protection of the Phoenix metropolitan area from <br /> <br />floods such as those which have plagued it in recent years, plus regulatory <br /> <br />storage to ensure dependable water delivery to the entire CAP service area, <br /> <br />including Tucson and several Indian reservations. Plan 6 also will resolve <br /> <br />potential problems involving safety of existing dams on the Salt and Verde <br /> <br />Rivers. <br /> <br />Construction work on features of Plan 6 cannot begin before 1987. This <br /> <br />will permit completion of designs and specifications for the initial structures. <br /> <br />The total estimated cost of Plan 6 construction is $1.053 billion, including <br /> <br />$17.5 million for Safety of Dams modifications to Bartlett, Horse Mesa and <br /> <br />Mormon Flat Dams. <br /> <br />Orme Dam, or a suitable alternative, was <br />provide regulatory storage and flood control. <br />draft environmental impact statement prepared <br />substantial concerns about its environmental, <br /> <br />authorized as part of the CAP to <br />However, public response to a <br />on the dam in 1976 indicated <br />economic and social impacts. <br /> <br />The Central Arizona Water Control Study which led to today's decision was <br />initiated by Reclamation in an effort to provide consensus on what should be <br />done to resolve the storage and flood control problems. Several options, <br />including Orme Dam, were examined during the study. Safety of Dams studies <br />underway on the Salt and Verde River structures were also incorporated into <br />the study. <br /> <br />In November 1981, Plan 6 was identified as the Bureau of Reclamation's <br />preferred alternative to resolve the problems. Reasons cited were the plan's <br />strong local support, ability to meet the statutory obligations required by the <br />authorizing legislation, and the fact that it did not adversely impact Indian <br />lands. <br /> <br />### <br />