Arizona Water Leaders Answer More Questions From Public On Drought Contingency Plan

by Casey Kuhn, Mark Brodie | KJZZ

Arizona is working on a contingency plan in the event of major water cutbacks from the Colorado River.

It was a meeting of the water minds in Phoenix as local, regional and federal policy directors came together to answer questions at a meeting discussing that future Tuesday.

Central Arizona Project General Manager Ted Cooke said they’re bringing in a diverse group of stakeholders together to help create the drought contingency plan, or DCP.

“We hope to avoid that situation of any kind of battles on one hand or lack of decision on the other hand,” Cooke said.

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Video from the meeting will be posted online here soon.