For Star subscribers: Tucson will be compensated by the U.S. for leaving that Colorado River water in the dwindling lake this year, and lesser amounts over the next two years.
Tony Davis Tucson is prepared to leave up to 110,000 acre-feet of its CAP drinking water supply in Lake Mead in the next three years to help prop up the declining reservoir, Mayor Regina Romero announced Thursday.
Romero announced details of the pending agreement during a visit to an aquifer recharge site run by the Gila River Indian Community in Sacaton, south of Phoenix. Lake Mead was nearly at its full, 1,200-foot level at the turn of this century. But today it stands at 1,045 feet due to a long-term drought that scientists say has been aggravated by human-caused climate change.
Stephen Lewis, governor of the Gila River Indian Community, said in the release, “I am proud that Arizona as a whole is stepping up to the challenge of a dwindling Colorado River. Tucson has been a leader in system conservation for the benefit of the Colorado River system, and today is no different.
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