CAP CAVSARP: Clearwater Facility
CAP (Central Arizona Project) In 1980, Arizona overdraft: 2.5 million acre feet year (afy) groundwater deficit due to agriculture pumping. Total Colorado River allocation for Arizona? 2.8 million afy Total CAP (Central Arizona Project) amount? 1.5 million afy What is Tucson’s allocation? 138,920 afy (9,500 = Metro Water District) Update: As of March 2008 = 144,021 afy State Trust Land Department 14,000 afy
CAVSARP Facility How much CAP water is put in annually at the CAVSARP facility? What percentage is this of Tucson’s total allocation? What is the total that has been put into the facility? What is the total that has been pumped out? What is the difference between the recharged and the pumped out? So this is the amount of the surplus that has been banked.
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CAVSARP: Tucson's Recharge Project for CAP water How much CAP water is put in annually at the CAP-SARP facility? —See data tables on next slide What is the total that has been put into the facility? As of the end of 2007 = 409,200 acre feet What is the total that has been pumped? As of the end of 2007 = 270,000 acre feet What is the difference between the recharged and the pumped out, which will give the amount that has been banked for future use: As of the end of 2007 = 139,200 acre feet
Year Recharge Volume Production Volume Pilot Operations acre-feet 0 acre-feet ,000 acre-feet 0 acre-feet ,000 acre-feet 0 acre-feet ,000 acre-feet 0 acre-feet ,000 acre-feet 0 acre-feet ,000 acre-feet 15,000 acre-feet ,000 acre-feet 25,000 acre-feet FULL-SCALE OPERATIONS ( ): ,000 acre-feet 35,000 acre-feet ,000 acre-feet 45,000 acre-feet ,000 acre-feet 50,000 acre-feet ,000 acre-feet 40,000 acre-feet ,000 acre-feet 60,000 acre-feet PROJECTIONS: ,000 acre-feet 60,000 acre-feet ,000 acre-feet 70,000 acre-feet Recharge and Pumping data
Percentage of total allocation recharged Year Recharge Volume % of full allocation acre-feet 0.1% ,000 acre-feet 1.4% ,000 acre-feet 8.6% ,000 acre-feet 10.7% ,000 acre-feet 10.7% ,000 acre-feet 10.7% ,000 acre-feet 14.3% ,000 acre-feet 35.7% ,000 acre-feet 42.9% ,000 acre-feet 50.0% ,000 acre-feet 50.0% ,000 acre-feet 57.1%