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Central Arizona Project | |
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| Coordinates | 34°17′10″N 114°06′13″W / 34.28611°N 114.10361°W |
| Begins | Lake Havasu, La Paz County |
| Ends | Pima Mine Road, Pima County |
| Owner | United States Bureau of Reclamation |
| Maintained by | Central Arizona Water Conservation District |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 336 mi (541 km) |
| Capacity | 456 billion gallons (1.4 million acre feet) per year |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1973 |
| Opened | 1993 |
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The Central Arizona Project (CAP) is a 336 mi (541 km) diversion canal in Arizona in the southern United States.
The aqueduct diverts water from the Colorado River at the Bill Williams Wildlife Refuge south portion of Lake Havasu near Parker into central and southern Arizona. CAP is managed and operated by the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD).[1] It was shepherded through Congress by Carl Hayden.[2]
- ^ "Central Arizona Project". Central Arizona Project. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
- ^ Jack L. August Jr., Vision in the Desert: Carl Hayden and Hydropolitics in the American Southwest (1999). p. 69 [ISBN missing]