ADD: Acquisition, Development & Delivery of New Water Supplies
In response to its 2006 Strategic Plan, CAP created Project Acquisition, Development and Delivery (ADD) Water in 2007 in an effort to establish a collaborative process to
1) determine when new supplies need to be acquired;
2) determine what entities would get those supplies;
3) encourage fair competition;
4) eliminate any unfair advantage.
In January of 2008, CAP created the ADD Water Project Team that included three CAP Board members, representatives from a variety of external stakeholder perspectives and CAP staff to refine, finalize, adopt and implement the Stakeholder Participation Plan. The Project Team will accurately report the results and recommendations from stakeholder meetings to constituents, stakeholders and the CAP Board. The Stakeholder Process began on May 21, 2008 and is expected to conclude in 2010.
How much will the water cost? At the present time, excess CAP water is priced at $133 per acre foot. Estimates of ADD water cost are $2,000 per acre foot. Who will pay for the water? The members—which includes water providers.
Report from U. S. Water News, July 1, 2008
TUCSON, Ariz. — The combined population of three of Arizona's most populous counties could double in 40 years and that has water experts dreaming up plans for the future.
One scenario could have three desalination plants on line by 2048 to increase the supply of Central Arizona Project water flowing to Phoenix and Tucson.
One plant could be removing salt from seawater along the Gulf of California in the Mexican state of Sonora— and its booty is shared by Arizona, California, Nevada and Mexico— and two other plants may be treating salt-laden groundwater in the areas of Buckeye and Gila Bend.
Experts also hope a huge nuclear power plant may be in operation along the Gulf of California in Sonora, producing 600 megawatts of power to provide the juice for the adjoining seawater desalination plant.
And by 2048, construction could be underway to expand the size of the concrete CAP canal running from the Colorado River to Tucson to deliver up to 2.2 million acre-feet of water a year. Currently, the aqueduct can deliver 1.8 million-acre feet.
The three-county Central Arizona Water Conservation District, which oversees the CAP, is looking at how the state could furnish water to support a 2048 population of 11.5 million in Pima, Pinal and Maricopa counties compared with less than six million today….
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Authority: CAWCD: Central Arizona Water Conservation District Board
Website: www.ProjectAddWater.com