The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $154,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) on January 13, 2025. This funding will support the design and construction of the Salt River Project-Central Arizona Project (SRP-CAP) Interconnection Facility (SCIF) in Arizona. The SCIF project will improve regional water system redundancy and flexibility, allowing for the delivery of up to 360,000 acre-feet of eligible non-project water supplies from SRP's system into the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal. This interconnection will create greater operational flexibility and enable water exchanges between users on the CAP and Colorado River systems, and those within SRP's service area. The project is expected to provide significant public value in managing central Arizona's water supplies through periods of drought and surface water shortages, particularly benefiting disadvantaged communities in the region.
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