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<br />. <br />C':l <br />Co:> <br />c.; <br /> <br />~- <br />....'.; <br /> <br />c <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />!. <br /> <br />GOVERNOR'S CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br /> <br />THE GOVERNOR'S CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br /> <br />PURPOSE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br /> <br />Governor Fife Symington formed the Central Arizona Project Advisory Committee <br />in mid-December, 1992. The Advisory Committee was charged with developing <br />recommendations to assure the long-term viability of the Central Arizona Project. The <br />Committee was originally made up of 29 members, but was expanded to 34 members to <br />insure even greater representation by interested parties. The Committee was co-chaired <br />by Governor Symington and Mark DeMichele, President and CEO of Arizona Public Service <br />Company. The full roster of the Committee's members, including who they represented, <br />is listed in the Appendix. <br /> <br />In forming the Advisory Committee, Governor Symington stated, <br /> <br />"The Central Arizona Project is Arizona's lifeline. It is our water supply for <br />future growth and the underpinning of our progressive water management <br />policies. It is critical for Arizona to pull together and develop a solution to <br />make the project work." <br /> <br />At the Committee's inaugural meeting in early January, 1993 the Governor <br />explained the purpose of the Committee: <br /> <br />"The problem facing CAP is the significant underutilization of the resource. <br />The project was designed on the assumption agriculture would use most of <br />the water in the early years. Due to bad market conditions, low yields and <br />tightening credit restrictions, agricultural use has declined in recent years. <br />Underutilization has major potential consequences. First, it could result in <br />a substantial shift of CAP costs to the municipal and industrial sector. <br />Second, Arizona is leaving thousands of acre feet of Arizona's CAP water in <br />the Colorado River at a time when our neighbors, California and Nevada, are <br />seeking additional water off the river. That situation creates a potential <br />threat to Arizona's ability to hold onto its CAP entitlement. Finally, the <br />underutilization and the prospect of irrigation district default on federal loans <br /> <br />FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDA T/ONS <br /> <br />2 <br />