Feasibility study on Lower Santa Cruz River approved
Arizona City Independent
FLORENCE — Last week the Pinal County Board of Supervisors, sitting as the Pinal County Flood Control District, unanimously approved participation with the Army Corps of Engineers on a feasibility study for the Lower Santa Cruz River Watershed.
“This is a huge step forward in eventually being able to come up with a plan to address the flooding that occurs nearly every year on the Santa Cruz River,” said Supervisor Anthony Smith, R-Maricopa. “It seems that every time the Santa Cruz goes over its banks, there is major property damage. I am looking forward to the day when it does rain, you won’t be thinking in the back of your mind, ‘how bad will this get?’”
In the past, flooding on the Lower Santa Cruz has destroyed small farming communities along the river and damaged critical infrastructure as well as causing significant damage to the towns of Maricopa, Casa Grande and Arizona City.
