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BACKGROUND
AWBA Activities – Update
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The AWBA continues to work to accomplish its mission of utilizing the unused portion of Arizona’s Colorado River allotment for recharge and development of long-term storage credits for Arizona’s future use. The recharge that is done by the AWBA utilizes Colorado River water that would otherwise not be used within Arizona.
AWBA staff meet annually with permitted recharge facility operators and Central Arizona Project (CAP) staff in developing the Annual Plan of Operation that governs the operations of the AWBA over the course of the calendar year. Further information on current funding sources and projected recharge activity can be obtained from the most recently published Annual Plan of Operation. In July, the AWBA publishes an Annual Report that shows accounting for the previous calendar year.
The AWBA recharged over 213,000 acre feet of CAP water in 2005. Of this, 93,000 acre-feet were stored for intrastate purposes and 120,000 acre-feet were stored on behalf of Nevada. Total consumptive use of Colorado River water by Arizona for 2005 was approximately 2.33 million acre-feet. Of that, approximately 1.01 million acre-feet was used directly along the Colorado River, 1.11 million acre-feet was used by CAP subcontractors and almost 210,000 acre-feet were used by the AWBA. Arizona’s allocation of Colorado River water is 2.8 million acre-feet.
