CAP water shortage serious for farms, environment
by Aaron Dorman | Casa Grande Dispatch
When officials with the Central Arizona Project and Arizona Department of Water Resources announced near-guaranteed CAP water reductions last Thursday, they stressed that the state was prepared for the crisis.
“This is a day we knew would come at some point,” said CAP General Manager Ted Cooke. “We’ve been preparing for this for decades.”
Cooke maintained that the state had “innovation conservation agreements” for the potential Tier 1 shortage status in 2022, although he did call it a “painful reduction to Arizona.”
