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Show CHAPTER II 47 In calendar years 1975, 1976, and 1977 the total of all Colorado River water use in Arizona was: 1975 1976 1977 2,128,213 1,968,848 1,917,981 af of diversions 770,210 720,828 686,707 af of measured return flows 1,358,003 1,248,020 1,231,274 af of consumptive use out of the 2.8 million acre-feet apportioned to Arizona by the Supreme Court Decree in Arizona v. California. Arizona claims credit for unmeasured return flows to the river, as does California, but as noted in the comments under return flows in Chapter II, B.9, these quantities are not yet determined. C.8 Central Arizona Project The contract between the Secretary and the Central Arizona Water Conservation District, No. 14-06-W-245, dated December 15, 1972, provides for the construction of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) by the United States, the delivery of an average of 1.2 million acre-feet annually of Colorado River water to the Phoenix and Tucson areas, and the repayment of up to $1.2 billion of reimbursable costs. If the reimbursable costs exceed $1.2 billion, the contract must be renegotiated. The CAP background is covered elsewhere under the Colorado River Basin Project Act of September 30, 1968, which authorized construction of CAP. This contract, except for approximately 100,000 acre-feet of water which Arizona wants reserved for municipal and industrial uses along the river, in effect, commits all of Arizona's remaining entitlement of Colorado River water to CAP, which use, in turn, is subordinated to prior existing present perfected rights and contract users as provided in Section 301(b) of the Act. The following table shows the quantities of water recommended by Arizona to be contracted for in three-party agreements for M&I use. In addition, similar agreements will be recommended for agricultural water. ARIZONA WATER COMMISSION RECOMMENDED ALLOCATION OF MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WATER FROM THE CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT Applicant 1985 2034 Municipal and Domestic Arizona Water Company Apache Junction Casa Grande Coolidge Miami-Claypool White Tank Avondale Berneil Water Company Buckeye Camp Verde Water Company Carefree Water Company Chandler Chandler Heights Citrus Irrigation District Chapparal City Water Company Fountain Hills 1,000 3,900 Citizens Utility Company Rio Rico 0 160 Sun City 4,800 23,900 Clearwater Company 90 690 1,700 4,300 5,500 10,500 1,600 2,600 1,900 2,400 450 670 690 2,000 220 250 890 1,200 100 550 710 1,200 0 2,600 110 250 |
