What does CAP stand for?

Central Arizona Project (canal moving water from Colorado River to Phoenix & Tucson)

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To that point, not only are the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe directly affected, but also affected are the Arizona tribes that have or expect to have Indian water rights settlements, and that depend on Central Arizona Project (CAP) water to meet their water needs.

United states : Governor Urges EPA To Rethink Proposed New Rules For ...

The Central Arizona Project brings another share of this water all the way from the state's western boundary to Phoenix through series of siphons (to carry water uphill), tunnels (to carry water under mountains), and pumps (gigantic wells) that allow America's fifth most populous city to stay hydrated, to swim and to golf year-round.

All dried up: foreclosures and forecasts in the American Southwest

Researchers said that if Lake Mead water levels drop below 1,000 feet, Nevada would lose access to all its river allocation, Arizona would lose much of the water that flows through the Central Arizona Project Canal, and power production would cease before the lake level reached bottom.

Study: Key Western reservoirs in danger

In May 2001, the utility plans to recharge the aquifer with water diverted from the Colorado River through the Central Arizona Project (CAP), a state system that oversees the water supply.

Health Oasis in the Desert Southwest

Thompson, ABC Community Relations Representative Central Arizona Project Phoenix, Ariz.

More ABCs Earned

Udall considered his crowning congressional achievements was the Central Arizona Project, a multibillion-dollar series of aqueducts to carry Colorado River water from the California border to Phoenix and Tucson.

MORRIS UDALL, LIBERAL LAWMAKER, DIES -- WITTY, RESPECTED ARIZONA ...

It was a hard sell, but security at the Central Arizona Project eventually convinced management to arm its in-house security officers.

Security in the crossfire

The irrigation districts will take more water via the Central Arizona Project and pump it into the ground to save it for future use.

ARIZONA WILL KEEP EXTRA WATER