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2. List of dams and reservoirs in Arizona - Wikipedia

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   Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Arizona. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).

3. Central Arizona Project - Wikipedia

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   Mark Wilmer Pumping Plant. The CAP delivers Colorado River water, either directly or by exchange, into central and Southern Arizona.The project was envisioned to provide water to nearly one million acres (405,000 hectares) of irrigated agricultural land areas in Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima counties, as well as municipal water for several Arizona communities, including the metropolitan areas of ...

4. Arizona State Land Department - Wikipedia

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   The State Land Commission has allowed a Saudi company, Fondomonte, to pump unlimited groundwater from its land in the Butler Valley at no charge. [7] Butler Valley was set aside for future ground water delivery to urban areas via the Central Arizona Project canal. The Fondomonte lease has been criticized as substantially below-market. [8]

5. New Waddell Dam - Wikipedia

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   Water from the New Waddell Dam reservoir augments supply in the CAP and helps deliver 15% more CAP water to Arizona. Water in Lake Pleasant is divided between the CAP (658,300 acre-feet (812,000,000 m 3)) and MWD (162,142 acre-feet (199,999,000 m 3)). Water from the CAP aqueduct is also drawn into Lake Pleasant via the New Waddell Pump ...

6. Salt River Project - Wikipedia

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   The Salt River Project (SRP) encompasses two separate entities: the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, an agency of the state of Arizona that serves as an electrical utility for the Phoenix metropolitan area, and the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, a utility cooperative that serves as the primary water provider for much of central Arizona.

7. Agriculture in Arizona - Wikipedia

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   This isn't the first time Arizona has had issues with water, as seen in the Arizona v. California Supreme Court case in 1952 that disputed water use from the Colorado River's lower basin. The use of energy and water go hand in hand as a large portion of the state's available energy is used for irrigation with Arizona being a desert state. [1 ...