WSP04596

• File Number: 8221.112
• Description: Central Arizona Project
• State: AZ
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 5/26/1987
• Title: Central Arizona Project Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Cen~rar Arizona PrOject Report

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
r.OWER COLORADO REGION
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May 1987

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Work on CAP features, including non-Indian distribution
systems and Plan 6, continues in Fiscal Year 1987 under a $220.2
million budget (including Federal funding, local contributions,
and Safety of Dams funds). Safety of Dams (SOD) funding for
Stewart Mountain Dam in FY 87 is $2,5 million.
Through the first 7 months (October 1, 1986 to April 30,
1987) of FY 87, Reclamation has awarded 8 maJor contracts valued
at more ,han $57 million. An additional 17 contracts are scheduled
for award by the end of the fiscal year on September 30.
As of April 30, total expenditures for the CAP, including
all activities, had surpassed $1.6 billion. The prOject will be 53
percent complete by the end of fiscal year 1987 (this excludes
Stewart Mountain Dam, which is bein9 funded under the Safety of
Dams Act: work at Stewart Mountain will be 16 percent complete by
the end of fiscal year 19B7),

A status report of major prOject activities follows.

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CONSTRUCTION

GRANITE REEF AQUEDUCT -- no construction: aqueduct is
complete and delivering water.

SALT-GILA AQUEDUCT -- Complete except for control cable
installation, which is 99 percent complete. Deliveries are being
made from this aqueduct also.

TUCSON AQUEDUCT -- The Tucson Aqueduct will consist of 6
reaches of canal, plus the Tucson delivery system. Construction of
the aqueduct has progressed through the first 4 reaches of the
aqueduct; status of features, from north to south, is:

* Reach lA (4.9 miles of canal from end of Salt-Gila Aqueduct
to Brady Pumping Plant). Complete, except for control cables.
Reach is filled with Colorado River water, and is delivering water
to the Santa Rosa Canal, a multiple-user distribution facility.

* Brady Pumping Plant. Structurally complete. Construction
of switchYard is underway, and installation of interior systems
continues. All 8 pumps have been installed, and three motors have
been set in place: a third motor is on site but not yet installed.

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