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Gila River System Water User Organizations

Tributary Irrigation Districts / Entities

Upper Gila River • Franklin Irrigation District• Gila Valley Irrigation District• Morenci Mine Area• San Carlos Apache Tribe

Upper San Pedro River • Sierra Vista Area• St. David Irrigation District• Pomerene Water Users Association

Lower San Pedro River • Town of Kearny• San Manuel• ASARCO

Santa Cruz River • Cortaro‐Marana Irrigation District• City of Tucson

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Middle Gila River • San Carlos Irrigation Project• Gila River Indian Community• San Carlos Irrigation & Drainage District

• Maricopa Stanfield Irrigation & Drainage District• Hohokam Irrigation and Drainage District• Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage District

Salt River Valley • New Magma Irrigation and Drainage District• Queen Creek Irrigation & Drainage District• Roosevelt Water Conservation District• Salt River Project – Water Contracts• Roosevelt Irrigation District• Buckeye Water Conservation & Drainage District • Other small irrigation districts and water companies

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Agua Fria River • Maricopa Water District

Lower Gila River • Arlington Canal Company

Salt River • Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community• City of Globe and Town of Miami‐Claypool• Mining Entities• Tonto Creek Area

Verde River • Irrigation Ditch Organizations• Municipal & Private Systems• Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation

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Upper Gila River

Source: Exhibit SR-246, Map – Irrigation Districts and Water Users in the Gila River System (SRP, 2013) 5

• Franklin Irrigation District – Duncan, AZ and Virden, NM– Formed in 1922– 14 canal companies– Estimated irrigated acres

• 4,735 acres

– Administered under the Globe Equity Decree– Estimated average annual water demand (2001 – 2005)

• 10,000 Acre Feet Annually (AFA) pumped water• 9,900 AFA surface water

Sources: • Exhibit SR-147, Analysis of Irrigation Uses on the Gila River and Its Tributaries; Ashurst-

Hayden Diversion Dam to the New Mexico Border (ADWR, 1998)• Exhibit SR-170, Arizona Water Atlas – Southeast Arizona, Planning Area (ADWR, 2009)

Upper Gila River

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Upper Gila River

• Gila Valley Irrigation District– Safford, Thatcher, and Pima, AZ– Formed in 1923– 10 canal companies

– Estimated irrigated acres• 28,300 acres (2007)

– Administered under the Globe Equity Decree– Estimated average annual water demand

• 120,400 AFA pumped water (2001 – 2005)• 61,300 AFA surface water (1991 – 2005)

Sources: • Exhibit SR-147, Analysis of Irrigation Uses on the Gila River and Its Tributaries; Ashurst-

Hayden Diversion Dam to the New Mexico Border (ADWR, 1998)• Exhibit SR-170, Arizona Water Atlas – Southeast Arizona, Planning Area (ADWR, 2009) 7

Upper Gila River

• Morenci Mine Area– Morenci and Clifton, AZ– Estimated average annual water demand

• Morenci Copper Mine (Freeport McMoRan)– 8,960 AFA pumped water (2004 – 2008)

Source: • Exhibit SR-170, Arizona Water Atlas – Southeast Arizona, Planning Area (ADWR, 2009)• Exhibit SR-189, Water Consumption at Copper Mines in Arizona (ADMM, 2010) 8

Upper Gila River

• San Carlos Apache Tribe– San Carlos, AZ– Fourth largest reservation in Arizona– Some lands administered under

the Globe Equity Decree– Estimated irrigated acres (2007)

• 225 acres

– Estimated annual water demand (2009)• Agricultural and industrial demand 5,300 AFA• Municipal demand 1,250 AFA

Source: • Exhibit SR-170, Arizona Water Atlas – Southeast Arizona, Planning Area (ADWR, 2009)• Exhibit SR-147, Analysis of Irrigation Uses on the Gila River and Its Tributaries; Ashurst-

Hayden Diversion Dam to the New Mexico Border (ADWR, 1998) 9

Upper San Pedro River

10Source: Exhibit SR-246, Map – Irrigation Districts and Water Users in the Gila River System (SRP, 2013)

• Private and Municipal Water Systems – Estimated annual water demand (2006)

• Sierra Vista Area– Liberty Utilities – Bella Vista

• Pumped water: 3,594 AFA– Arizona Water Co. ‐ Sierra Vista

• Pumped water: 1,262 AFA– Pueblo Del Sol Water Co.

• Pumped water: 1,501 AFA

• Fort Huachuca• Pumped water: 1,414 AFA (2007)

• City of Benson• Pumped water: 876 AFA

– Many other smaller water companiesSources: • Exhibit SR-128, ADWR San Pedro River HSR – Ch. 5 Major Users Report (1991)• Exhibit SR-226, Pueblo Del Sol Water Co. Infrastructure Statistics (2012)• Exhibit SR-170, Arizona Water Atlas – Southeast Arizona, Planning Area (ADWR, 2009)


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Upper San Pedro River• St David Irrigation District

– St. David, AZ– Predecessor: St. David Canal Co.– 1880: First Notice of Appropriation filed– 1916: Major realignment of ditch system

• Added 584 acres of new irrigated land

– Estimated irrigated acres (1991)• 1,090 acres

Sources: • Exhibit SR-128, ADWR San Pedro River HSR – Ch. 5 Major Users Report (ADWR, 1991) 12


• St David Irrigation District– Infrastructure

• Irrigation ditch: estimated capacity 24.3 Cubic Feet/Second (CFS)• Two district owned wells: estimated capacity 10.5 CFS (combined)• Many private wells under artesian pressure supplement water

– Estimated annual water demand (1991)• Total: 9,072 AFA

• 4,425 Acre Feet (AF) Surface water• 2,843 AF District well water• 1,804 AF Non‐district well water

Sources: • Exhibit SR-128, ADWR San Pedro River HSR – Ch. 5 Major Users Report (1991) 13

• Pomerene Water Users Association (PWUA)– Benson and Pomerene, AZ– Predecessor: Benson Canal Co.– 1908: Claimed priority date

• Notice of Appropriation filed

– 1912: Diversion dam completed

– 1931: Dam destroyed, Benson Canal Co. bankrupt– 1934: Present diversion dam constructed– 1936: Pomerene WUA Articles of Incorporation

Sources: • Exhibit SR-128, ADWR San Pedro River HSR – Ch. 5 Major Users Report (1991)


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• Pomerene Water Users Association (PWUA)– Estimated irrigated acres (1991)

• 1,052 acres

– Infrastructure• Irrigation canal: estimated capacity 20 CFS• Private wells: some landowners pump into canal for conveyance

– Estimated annual water demand (1991)• Total: 5,149 AFA

– 1,563 AF surface water– 3,586 AF well water

• “There is no maximum annual entitlement…the amount of water actually delivered is governed by the unregulated flow available in the San Pedro River and the capacity of the canal.” ‐ ADWR

Sources: • Exhibit SR-128, ADWR San Pedro River HSR – Ch. 5 Major Users Report (1991)


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Lower San Pedro River

16Source: Exhibit SR-247, Map - Well Development in the Gila River System (SRP, 2013)

Lower San Pedro River• Kearny, San Manuel and ASARCO Area

– Municipal: Estimated annual water demand (2006)• Surface water

– Town of Kearny 357 AFA

• Pumped water– Town of Kearny 126 AFA – Arizona Water Co. San Manuel 582 AFA

– Industrial: Estimated average annual water demand • Pumped water

– ASARCO – Ray Mine, Hayden Smelter 14,460 AFA (2004 – 2008)

– Agriculture: Estimated average annual water demand• Pumped water: 7,500 AFA (2001 – 2005)• Surface water: < 1,000 AFA (2001 – 2005)

Sources: • Exhibit SR-170, Arizona Water Atlas – Southeast Arizona, Planning Area (ADWR, 2009)• Exhibit SR-189, Water Consumption at Copper Mines in Arizona (ADMM, 2010) 17

Santa Cruz River

Source:• Exhibit SR-246, Map – Irrigation Districts and Water Users in the Gila River System (SRP, 2013) 18

Santa Cruz River• Tucson Water

– Largest municipal water provider in region• Serves approximately 744,000 people (2008)

– Water sources• Pumped water• Recovered Central Arizona Project

water• Effluent

– Estimated annual water demand• Total 123,456 AF (2005)

Sources: • Exhibit SR-181, Arizona Water Atlas – AMA Planning Area

(ADWR, 2010)• Exhibit SR-188, Arizona Water Meter (WRA, 2010)

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Santa Cruz River• Cortaro‐Marana Irrigation District

– Marana, AZ– History

• Marana Water Company begins water distribution (1921)• Marana Water Co. sells out to Cortaro Farms (1928)• Cortaro Water Users Association forms after Cortaro Farms

bankruptcy (1948)• Cortaro Water Users’ Association deeds all assets to the new

irrigation district (1961)

Sources: • Exhibit SR-181, Arizona Water Atlas – AMA Planning Area (ADWR, 2010)• Exhibit SR-111, Water Service Organizations in Arizona (WRRC, 1978)• Exhibit SR-216, Cortaro-Marana Annual Water Withdrawal and Use Report 2012 (ADWR, 2013) 20

Santa Cruz River• Cortaro‐Marana Irrigation District

– Estimated irrigated acres• 12,000 acres

– Water sources• Pumped water (district owns 45 wells)• Surface water ‐ Santa Cruz subflow (Pima Farms v. Proctor, 1926)

– Estimated annual water demand (2012)– Total: 42,351 AF • Pumped water: 26,638 AF• Surface water: 15,713 AF

Sources: • Exhibit SR-181, Arizona Water Atlas – AMA

Planning Area (ADWR, 2010)• Exhibit SR-111, Water Service Organizations in

Arizona (WRRC, 1978)• Exhibit SR-216, Cortaro- Marana - ADWR Annual

Water Withdrawal and Use Report 2012 (ADWR, 2013)

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Middle Gila River – Florence Casa Grande Area

Source: Exhibit SR-246, Map – Irrigation Districts and Water Users in the Gila River System (SRP, 2013)

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Middle Gila River – Florence‐Casa Grande Area

• San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP)

Source: • Exhibit SR-133, Briefing Report on HSR Investigations of Globe-Equity 59 Rights (ADWR, 1993)

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• San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP)– Authorizations: U.S. Congress

• 1916 – Florence – Casa Grande Project (Ashurst‐Hayden Dam)• 1924 – San Carlos Act (Coolidge Dam)• 1931 – SCIDD formed by decree of the Federal Court

– San Carlos Reservoir (Coolidge Dam)• Purpose: Store water for San Carlos Irrigation Project• Capacity: 910,000 AF• Constructed: 1928• Owner/Operator: Bureau of Indian Affairs• Water users

– San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District (SCIDD)– Gila River Indian Community (GRIC)

Sources: • Exhibit SR-138, San Carlos Irrigation Project – HAER (NPS, 1996)• Exhibit SR-155, Arizona Water Settlements Act Briefing Book (Akin Gump, 2003) 24


• San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP)– Ashurst‐Hayden Diversion Dam

• Authorized: 1916• Construction completed: 1922• Diverts water into the Florence – Casa Grande Canal

– Other SCIP Infrastructure

Sources: • Exhibit SR-138, San Carlos Irrigation Project – HAER (NPS, 1996)

Sacaton Dam and Bridge San Tan Indian Canal

Florence – Casa Grande or Main Canal Casa Blanca Canal

Picacho Reservoir Southside Canal

Pima Lateral Agency Canal (Progressive Ditch)

North Side Canal Sacaton Flats Lateral

San Tan Flood‐Water Canal Blackwater Lateral

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• San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP)– Surface water supply was overestimated, has never been adequate to fully support the project

• Supplemented with underground water

– SCIP also includes an electrical power system component • generation, transmission, distribution

Sources: • Exhibit SR-138, San Carlos Irrigation Project – HAER (NPS, 1996)• Exhibit SR-155, Arizona Water Settlements Act Briefing Book (Akin Gump, 2003) 26

Middle Gila River – Florence‐Casa Grande Area• Gila River Indian Community (GRIC)

– Sacaton, AZ– Reservation established February 1859

• Initial area: 10,160 acres• Expanded area: 372,022 acres• Trust‐patented land (individuals)• Tribal‐owned land

– 50,000 authorized acres under SCIP– Water rights under the Globe‐Equity Decree (1935)

• Initiated in 1925 by the United States in U.S. District Court• Consent decree entitled GRIC to divert 300,000 AFA • Actual diversions, on average, 100,000 AFA• 1982 GRIC intervenes as a party to enforce the Decree

Sources: • Exhibit SR-138, San Carlos Irrigation Project – HAER (NPS, 1996)• Exhibit SR-155, Arizona Water Settlements Act Briefing Book (Akin Gump, 2003)

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Middle Gila River – Florence‐Casa Grande Area• Gila River Indian Community (GRIC)

– Arizona Water Settlements Act (2004)• Provides GRIC with access to about 635,500 AFA water supply

– 5,900 AFA Haggard Decree Water (SRP)– 35,000 AFA SRP Stored Water (depending on reservoir storage)– 4,500 AFA RWCD Water– 328,800 AFA CAP Water (in lieu of Gila River entitlement)– 8,100 AFA Reclaimed Water, Chandler/Mesa (exchange difference)– 4,500 AFA Chandler– 836 AFA Blue Ridge/C.C. Cragin Reservoir Water– Remaining amount – Underground Water pumped from reservation wells as needed to

satisfy the annual entitlement

• Settlement appropriated $207.4 M in funding– Rehab of facilities, CAP OM&R costs, rehab for subsidence damages, water quality

monitoring program

• Negotiations initiated in 1989, 13 years to completion• Settles the Community’s claims• Parties to settlement obtain certainty and finality to their established water rights

Sources: • Exhibit SR-155, Arizona Water Settlements Act Briefing Book (Akin Gump, 2003)

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• Gila River Indian Community (GRIC)– Water sources

• Surface water• Pumped water• CAP• Effluent


– Estimated average annual water demand (2001‐2005)• Total: 183,200 AFA

Sources: • Exhibit SR-181, Arizona Water Atlas – AMA Planning Area (ADWR, 2010)

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• San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District (SCIDD)– Eloy, AZ– July 1928: Organized under Arizona state law– Authorized Acres: 50,000 acres– Private and public ownership– Lands under the Globe‐Equity Decree (1935)– Infrastructure

• Water delivered through Florence ‐ Casa Grande Canal• 200 miles of main and lateral canals, many unlined• 40 miles of canals owned jointly with SCIP

Sources: • Exhibit SR-138, San Carlos Irrigation Project – HAER (NPS, 1996)• Exhibit SR-155, Arizona Water Settlements Act Briefing Book (Akin Gump, 2003)• Exhibit SR-150, Draft EIS - CAP Allocation of Water Supply – Appendix L (USBR, 2000) 30


• San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District (SCIDD)– 2010: Major improvements

• Diversion dam, canal lining, flow control structures

– Estimated average irrigated acres (1983 – 1995)• 32,434 acres

– Estimated annual water demand (1998)• Total: 180,808 AF delivered• 92,683 AF pumped water (51%)• 87,958 AF Gila River water (48%)• 167 AF CAP excess water (1%), does not have a CAP subcontract

Sources: • Exhibit SR-138, San Carlos Irrigation Project – HAER (NPS, 1996)• Exhibit SR-155, Arizona Water Settlements Act Briefing Book (Akin Gump, 2003)• Exhibit SR-150, Draft EIS - CAP Allocation of Water Supply – Appendix L (USBR, 2000) 31


• Maricopa‐Stanfield Irrigation & Drainage District (MSIDD)– Maricopa, AZ– 148,000 acres in the district– Organized: 1962– Purpose: Obtain supplemental water from CAP

• CAP facilities completed in 1989

– Infrastructure:• Santa Rosa Canal• Conveyance canals (78 miles)• Lateral canals (117 miles)• Irrigation wells (484 wells),

leased from landowners

Sources: • Exhibit SR-181, Arizona Water Atlas – AMA Planning Area (ADWR, 2010)• Exhibit SR-229, MSIDD – George Cairo Engineering website (Cairo, 2013) 32


• Maricopa‐Stanfield Irrigation & Drainage District (MSIDD)– Water sources (2012)

• CAP water (~63%)• Pumped water (~37%)


– Estimated annual water demand (2012)• 325,176 AFA

Sources: • Exhibit SR-223, MSIDD Annual Water Withdrawal and Use Report (ADWR, 2012)• Exhibit SR-191, Pinal AMA DRAFT Demand and Supply Assessment (ADWR, 2011)

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• Hohokam Irrigation and Drainage District (HIDD)– Coolidge, AZ– Organized: 1972– Infrastructure:

• Main canal: 15 miles• Lined laterals: 60 miles

– Water Sources:• CAP water • Pumped water – private wells


– Estimated average annual water demand• 120,000 AFA on average (1996 – 2006)• 70,000 – 90,000 AFA (2006 ‐ 2008)

Sources:Exhibit SR-228, HIDD – George Cairo Engineering website (Cairo, 2013)Exhibit SR-191, Pinal AMA DRAFT Demand and Supply Assessment (ADWR, 2011) 34


• Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage District (CAIDD)– Eloy, AZ– Organized: 1964, Political subdivision and municipal corp. of Arizona

• Includes management of Electrical District No. 4, providing service to 200 wells

– Water sources• CAP• Pumped water

– Ownership• Total: 87,600 acres

– 66,266 acres owned by private entities– 13,272 acres owned by State, leased for farming– 5,152 acres purchased by City of Mesa (1985) – groundwater rights– 2,910 acres purchased by the U.S. for Tohono O’Odham trust land (1988)

– Estimated Irrigated acres (2008): 73,133 acres– Estimated annual water demand (2008)

• 303,874 AFASources:Exhibit SR-191, Pinal AMA DRAFT Demand and Supply Assessment (ADWR, 2011)Exhibit SR-230, Organization, Operation and Description of CAIDD (CAIDD, 2013)

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• Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage District (CAIDD)

Source: Exhibit SR-247, Map - Well Development in the Gila River System (SRP, 2013) 36

Salt River Valley

Source: Exhibit SR-246, Map - Irrigation Districts and Water Users in the Gila River System (SRP, 2013) 37

Salt River Valley

Source: Exhibit SR-246, Map - Irrigation Districts and Water Users in the Gila River System (SRP, 2013)38

Salt River Valley

• New Magma Irrigation and Drainage District (NMIDD)– Organized: 1945 as Magma Irrigation District– Water sources:

• CAP water• Pumped water – 103 private wells

– Estimated irrigated acres:• 27,900 acres

– Estimated average annual water demand• 87,000 AF CAP water (1994 – 1999)

Sources:• Exhibit SR-150, Draft EIS - CAP Allocation of Water Supply – Appendix L (USBR, 2000)• Exhibit SR-111, Water Service Organizations in Arizona (WRRC, 1978) 39

Salt River Valley

• Queen Creek Irrigation and Drainage District (QCIDD)– Organized: 1923– Purpose: Originally formed to obtain electrical power to operate

pumps, SRP contract.

– Water sources:• CAP water• Pumped water

– Irrigated acres• 19,746 acres

– Estimated annual water demand• 43,180 AF CAP water (1998)

Sources:• Exhibit SR-150, Draft EIS - CAP Allocation of Water Supply – Appendix L (USBR, 2000)• Exhibit SR-111, Water Service Organizations in Arizona (WRRC, 1978) 40

Salt River Valley

• Smaller Irrigation Districts and Water Companies – Chandler Heights Citrus Irrigation District– San Tan Irrigation District– Sun Valley Farms– Suburban Irrigation District– Country Farms Irrigation and Management Company– Ranchos Jardines Irrigation Delivery District– Bogle Farms– Citrus Heights Ranch– Johnson Water Co.– H2O Water Co.

Sources:• Exhibit SR-246, Map - Irrigation Districts and Water Users in the Gila River System

(SRP, 2013)41

Salt River Valley

• Roosevelt Water Conservation District (RWCD)– History

• Organized in 1917 as the Auxiliary Eastern Canal Landowners Association• 1924: Changed name to Roosevelt Water Conservation District• Agreement between RWCD and SRP provided for the lining of SRP canals with

concrete in exchange for 5.6% of SRP diversions at Granite Reef Dam

– Today• Provides agricultural and urban irrigation• Provides water to municipalities for treatment and delivery

– City of Chandler– Town of Gilbert

Sources:• Exhibit SR-111, Water Service Organizations in Arizona (WRRC, 1978)• Exhibit SR-203, RWCD Annual Water Withdrawal and Use Report

(ADWR, 2012) 42

Salt River Valley

• Roosevelt Water Conservation District (RWCD)– Infrastructure:

• Main Canal: 21 miles• Extension Canal: 5 miles• Pipeline and Lateral System: 95 miles• Pumping plant• 3.5 mi Underground pipe to receive CAP water• 50 wells (85,000 AF capacity)

Sources:• Exhibit SR-111, Water Service Organizations in Arizona (WRRC, 1978)• Exhibit SR-203, RWCD Annual Water Withdrawal and Use Report (ADWR, 2012)

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Salt River Valley

• Roosevelt Water Conservation District (RWCD)– Water sources

• SRP reservoir stored water (22,228 AF), Lehane Decree• CAP water (5,000 AF)• Pumped water (56,775 AF)• Industrial process water – SRP San Tan Generating Station (3,775 AF)


– Estimated water demand (2012)• 87,779 AF

Sources:• Exhibit SR-203, RWCD Annual Water Withdrawal and Use Report (ADWR, 2012) 44

Salt River Valley

• Primary municipal water providers

Source: Exhibit SR-180, Arizona Water Atlas – AMA Planning Area - Table 8.0 – 6 (ADWR, 2010)

City of Phoenix City of Mesa

City of Glendale City of Scottsdale

City of Goodyear City of Chandler

City of Peoria Town of Gilbert

City of El Mirage City of Tempe

City of Surprise Town of Queen Creek

Town of Buckeye City of Apache Junction

City of Avondale Other small providers

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Salt River Valley

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Salt River Valley

• Salt River Project – Water Contracts– Water provided by SRP through contract

• Maricopa Garden Farms• Peninsula Horowitz Irrigation District• Saint Johns Irrigation District• New State Irrigation and Drainage District

Source:• Exhibit SR-202, Map – Salt River Valley Water Contracts (SRP, 2011) 47

Salt River Valley

Source: Exhibit SR-202, Map – Salt River Valley Water Contracts (SRP, 2011)48

Salt River Valley

49Source: Exhibit SR-246, Map - Irrigation Districts and Water Users in the Gila River System (SRP, 2013)

Salt River Valley

• Roosevelt Irrigation District(RID)– Organized: 1927– Predecessor: Carrick‐Mangham Agua Fria Lands & Irrigation Co. (1921)– Purpose: Contracts with SRP allowed for the dewatering of SRP lands

and transport to RID lands for beneficial use

– Infrastructure:• 50 mi main canals• 185 mi laterals• 104 operating wells

– 54 in SRP area– 50 located in the district

Sources:• Exhibit SR-181, Arizona Water Atlas – AMA Planning Area (ADWR, 2010)• Exhibit SR-175, AZ DEQ RID Proposed Early Response Plan SRP Letter (SRP, 2009)• Exhibit SR-150, Draft EIS - CAP Allocation of Water Supply – Appendix L (BOR, 2000) 50

Salt River Valley

• Roosevelt Irrigation District(RID)– Water sources:

• Contract pumped water from SRP• Reclaimed water ‐ City of Phoenix (23rd Ave WWTP), up to 30,000 AFA• Pumped water from district wells• CAP NIA allocation


– Estimated annual water demand (2012)• 144,553 AF

Sources:• Exhibit SR-181, Arizona Water Atlas – AMA Planning Area (ADWR, 2010)• Exhibit SR-175, AZ DEQ RID Proposed Early Response Plan SRP Letter (SRP, 2009)• Exhibit SR-150, Draft EIS - CAP Allocation of Water Supply – Appendix L (BOR, 2000) 51

Salt River Valley

• Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage District (BWCDD)/Buckeye Irrigation Company– Buckeye Canal Company (September 1885)

• First Notice of location – May 28, 1885 (12,000 MI)• Direct diversion from Gila River, just below confluence with Salt River• Second Notice of location – July 24, 1886 (38,000 MI)

– Buckeye Irrigation Company: 1888– Buckeye Canal and Land Company: 1900– Buckeye Irrigation Company (reformed): 1907

• Landowners purchased the canal company from parent Wessex Water Co.

– Benson – Allison Decree (1917)• Established Buckeye Irrigation Co. users rights to water in the Gila, Salt and Agua

Fria Rivers below Joint Head Dam to the Buckeye lands

Sources:• Exhibit SR-231, Buckeye WCDD Website (BWCDD, 2013)• Exhibit SR-156, History of the Buckeye Canal (BWCDD, 2004) 52

Salt River Valley

• Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage District (BWCDD)/Buckeye Irrigation Company– Waterlogged lands, dewatering efforts (1918 ‐ 1930)– BWCDD formed to deal with drainage issues (1922)– Buckeye Irrigation Co. & Arlington C.C. v. SRVWUA, et al (1929 – 1944)

• Settlement required SRP to provide 1.1% Granite Reef diversions via Buckeye Feeder

Sources:• Exhibit SR-231, Buckeye WCDD Factsheet (BWCDD, 2013)• Exhibit SR-156, History of the Buckeye Canal (BWCDD, 2004) 53

Salt River Valley

• Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage District (BWCDD)/Buckeye Irrigation Company– Estimated irrigated acres:

• 20,000 acres

– Estimated annual water demand (2012)• 130,000 AFY

– Water sources• Gila River diversions• SRP obligation water• Underground water withdrawn from district wells• Some effluent water purchased from City of Phoenix

Sources:• Exhibit SR-231, Buckeye WCDD Factsheet (BWCDD, 2013)• Exhibit SR-156, History of Buckeye Canal (BWCDD, 2004)

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Salt River Valley

• Other West Valley Irrigation Districts and Water Users– Primarily pumped water or CAP supplied

• Harquahala Valley Irrigation District(HVID)• Tonopah Irrigation District (TID)• Several other small entities

Sources:• Exhibit SR-111, Water Service Organizations in Arizona (WRRC, 1978)

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Lower Gila River

• Arlington Canal Company (ACC)– Formed in 1899 – Canal built in 1899‐1900 by area farmers & homesteaders

• Diversions from Gila River

– Includes some lands previously irrigated by the Buckeye Canal Co.


– Estimated annual water demand (2012)• 29,125 AFY

Sources:• Exhibit SR-156, History of the Buckeye Canal (Parkman, 2004)• Exhibit SR-219, Arlington CC Annual Water Withdrawal and Use Report (ADWR, 2012)

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Agua Fria River

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Source: Exhibit SR-246, Map –Irrigation Districts and Water Users in the Gila River System (SRP, 2013)

Agua Fria River

• Maricopa Water District (MWD)– Organized: November 1925– Predecessors:

• Agua Fria Water and Land Company (1888)• Beardsley – Agua Fria Water Conservation District (June 1925)

– Purpose: MWD formed to construct Pleasant Dam • Old Waddell Dam (1927), privately funded• Provide reliable water supplies for new irrigation lands near the Agua Fria

– Infrastructure:• Beardsley Canal – 33 mi• CAP interconnection• Old Waddell Dam (submerged), 157,600 AF storage in Lake Pleasant • Camp Dyer Diversion (690 AF storage)• 47 district owned wells, provides power to 103 private wells

Sources:• Exhibit SR-181, Arizona Water Atlas – AMA Planning Area (ADWR, 2010)• Exhibit SR-120, Waddell Dam – HAER (NPS, 1986) 58

Agua Fria River

• Maricopa Water District (MWD)– Estimated irrigated acres:

• 39,026 acres (2010)

– Estimated average annual water demand• 76,778 AF average (1988, 1993 – 1995)

– Water Sources:• CAP water• Agua Fria water stored in Lake Pleasant• District owned and privately owned wells

– Beardsley canal flows• 230 CFS maximum flow measured for existing demands (1993)• 400 CFS estimated maximum capacity (1999)

Sources:• Exhibit SR-176, MWD Annual Water Withdrawal and Use Report 2010 (ADWR, 2011)• Exhibit SR-120, Waddell Dam – HAER (NPS, 1986)• Exhibit SR-148, MWD – Beardsley Canal Hydraulic Capacity Analysis Phase I (USBR, 1999) 59

Agua Fria River

• Maricopa Water District (MWD)– New Lake Pleasant Dam

• Reservoir Permit: August 2, 1993• Completed: 1994

– Total Storage: 1.3 million AF• 158,000 AF Maricopa Water District

(MWD)• 1,142,000 AF Central Arizona Project

(CAP)

Sources:• Exhibit SR-176, MWD Annual Water Withdrawal and Use Report 2010 (ADWR, 2011)• Exhibit SR-120, Waddell Dam – HAER (NPS, 1986)• Exhibit SR-134, CAWCD Permit 33-89719 for New Waddell Dam and Reservoir (ADWR, 1993)• Exhibit SR-145, Water Operation and Maintenance Bulletin - Historic Waddell Dam Breached

(USBR, 1998) 60

Salt River


Salt River

• Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC)– Parts of reservation are within Salt River Reservoir District– Water uses

• Crops: cotton, melons, potatoes, onions and carrots• Municipal and industrial uses

– Cypress Golf Course, Talking Stick Resort, Casino Arizona, sand & gravel operations,landfill, Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

– Water sources• Salt & Verde Rivers• Pumped water• CAP water

Sources:• Exhibit SR-181, Arizona Water Atlas – AMA Planning Area (ADWR, 2010)

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Salt River

• Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC)Water Rights Settlement (1988)– Establishes SRPMIC right to irrigate 27,200 acres– Maximum of 122,400 AF per year

– Water sources pursuant to settlement:

Sources: • Exhibit SR-127, SRPMIC Agreement Summary (SRP, 1991)

South of Arizona Canal North and South of Arizona CanalKent Decree water 18,776 CAP contractual entitlement 13,300

Stored water from SRP 9,074 Bartlett Dam Agreement water 20,000

Cities river water exchange 20,000 RWCD 8,000

Pumped water 17,400 RID, Phoenix, SRP Exchange 10,000

Pumped water 5,850

Total 65,250 AFA Total 57,150 AFA

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Salt River

• Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC)– Long‐term leases of CAP water

• Gilbert (4,088 AFA)• Chandler (2,586 AFA)• Glendale (1,814 AFA)• Mesa (1,669 AFA)• Scottsdale (60 AFA)• Tempe (60 AFA)

– Estimated average annual water demand (2001 ‐ 2005)• 86,600 AFA

Sources:• Exhibit SR-181, Arizona Water Atlas – AMA Planning Area (ADWR, 2010) 64

Salt River

• City of Globe and Town of Miami‐Claypool– Connections:

• Globe: 3,250• Miami (Arizona Water Co.): 5,500

– Water sources• Globe: 5 wells• Miami: 17 wells

– Estimated annual water demand (2006)• Globe: 1,603 AF• Miami (Arizona Water Co.): 968 AF

Sources:• Exhibit SR-172, Arizona Water Atlas – Central Highlands Planning Area (ADWR, 2009) 65

Salt River

• Mining Entities– Estimated annual water demand of mining operations (2007)

• Freeport McMoRan Miami Mine– Pumped water: 6,460 AF

• BHP Magma Miami Mine– Pumped water: 20 AF

• BHP Pinto Valley Mine– Pumped water: 756 AF


Salt River

• Tonto Creek Area– Gisela Community Ditch Association

• Irrigated acres: 144 acres• First Notice of Appropriation: 1878• Diversions from Tonto Creek

– Other agricultural areas• Irrigated acres: 126 acres• Pumped water supplied irrigation on

Tonto Creek near Roosevelt Lake

– Estimated average annual water demand: • 1,500 AFA pumped water and surface water (2001 – 2005)

– Well development:• 132 non‐exempt, water production wells

– Greater than 35 Gallons Per Minute (GPM)Sources:• Exhibit SR-172, Arizona Water Atlas – Central Highlands Planning Area (ADWR, 2009)• Exhibit SR-247, Map – Well Development in the Gila River System (SRP, 2013) 67

Salt River

• White Mountain Apache Tribe– 4th largest Indian reservation in Arizona– Water Rights Settlement (2008)

• Miner Flat Project• 52,000 AFA in surface water and CAP• Financing for infrastructure project

– Water uses• Domestic – Whiteriver (5,900 residents)• Agriculture • Municipal and industrial enterprises

– Fort Apache Timber Company (FATCO)– Sunrise Ski Resort– Hon‐dah Hotel and Casino

– Estimated annual water demand (2005)• Pumped water: 900 AF• Surface Water: 3,750 AF


Verde River

Source:• Exhibit SR-149, Verde

River Watershed Study (ADWR, 2000)

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Verde River

• Verde River ‐ Setting and History– Verde River the biggest tributary to Salt River

• Mean annual flow: 454,965 AF (1961 – present)• Provides as much as 39% of the flow of the Verde and Salt River system (1961 – present)• A perennial river through most of its length (160 miles)• Major Tributaries

– Big Chino Wash, Oak Creek, Beaver Creek, West Clear Creek, Fossil Creek, East Verde River

– Reaches of the Verde River• Upper Verde River (Williamson, Little Chino and Big Chino valleys)• Middle Verde River (Cottonwood to Camp Verde)• Lower Verde River (Below Bartlett Dam)

Sources:• Exhibit SR-172, Arizona Water Atlas – Central Highlands Planning Area (ADWR, 2009)• Exhibit SR-185, Arizona Water Atlas – Vol. 1 – Executive Summary (ADWR, 2010)• Exhibit SR-143, Irrigation in the Verde Valley (VNRDC, 1997)• Exhibit SR-149, Verde River Watershed Study (ADWR, 2000) 70

Verde River

• Upper Verde River – Chino Valley Irrigation District and many private farms and ranches

• Water sources – primarily Pumped water

– Estimated irrigated acres (1996 ‐ 1997)• Total: 5,950 acres• Williamson Valley: 1,302 acres• Big Chino Valley: 2,481 acres• Little Chino Valley: 2,168 acres

– Estimated average annual water demand (1996 ‐ 1997)• Actual estimated demand: 16,530 AFA• Maximum potential estimated demand: 58,800 AFA

– If maximum potential acres were irrigated (11,200 acres)

Sources:• Exhibit SR-149, Verde River Watershed Study (ADWR, 2000)

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Verde River

• Upper Verde River


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Verde River• Upper Verde River (Verde Valley)


• Municipal water demand increased 34% for Upper Verde water providers (1990 – 1997)

• Upper Verde water providers (>20 AFA)

• City of Prescott• Granite Oaks

Water• Ashfork Water

Service• Chino Meadows• Abra Water Co.

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Verde River

• Middle Verde River (Verde Valley)– Historic Irrigation

• Some of the oldest historic water uses in the Gila River System– Earliest: 1865 Pioneer Ditch on West Clear Creek– Ft. Lincoln (Camp Verde) built to protect settlers of the Verde Valley– By late 1800’s agriculture becomes central to the Verde Valley economy

• Most existing irrigation diversions were built during late 1800’s and early 1900’s– Approximately 30 ditches divert water from Verde River and tributaries– Diversion structures are non‐permanent and require frequent repair

Sources:• Exhibit SR-172, Arizona Water Atlas – Central Highlands Planning Area (ADWR, 2009)• Exhibit SR-185, Arizona Water Atlas – Vol. 1 – Executive Summary (ADWR, 2010)• Exhibit SR-143, Irrigation in the Verde Valley (VNRDC, 1997)

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Verde River

• Middle Verde River (Verde Valley)


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Verde River• Verde Valley ‐ Large Irrigation Ditch Organizations

– Irrigation practices changed little during in the last century– Water management has been unstructured and not well documented– Some ditches are well organized, some loosely formed and managed– Some water users have irrigated lands beyond what was historically

irrigated – 30 Irrigation ditches

• Total estimated acres served: 4,700 ‐ 5,000 acres• Total number of irrigation water users: 1,300

Sources:• Exhibit SR-149, Verde River Watershed Study (ADWR, 2000)• Exhibit SR-143, Irrigation in the Verde Valley (VNRDC, 1997)

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Verde River

77Source: Exhibit SR-212, Map - Verde Valley Ditch Service Areas Overview (SRP, 2013)

Verde River

78Source: Exhibit SR-212, Map - Verde Valley Ditch Service Areas Overview (SRP, 2013)

Verde River• Verde Valley ‐ Large Irrigation Ditch Organizations


Irrigation Ditch Organization Approximate Year of First Use

Acres Currently Irrigated

Pioneer Ditch Company 1865 139 acres

Verde Ditch Company 1868 1,110 acres

Eureka Ditch Company 1868 349 acres

Cottonwood Ditch Assoc. 1869 585 acres

Cornville Ditch 1872 134 acres

OK Ditch Company 1873 – 1876 392 acres

Hickey Ditch 1874 – 1876 65 acres

Diamond S Ditch Assoc. 1877 439 acres

Oak Creek (Mason Lane) Ditch 1878 233 acres

Verde West Irrigation Assoc. Late 1800’s 73 acres

Jordan Meadows Ditch 1910 ‐ 1916 72 acres

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Verde River

• Middle Verde River (Verde Valley)– Estimated irrigated acres (1996 ‐ 1997)

• Total: 5,381 acres

– Estimated average annual water demand (1996 ‐ 1997)• Actual estimated demand: 16,950 AFA• Maximum potential estimated demand: 19,672 AF

– If maximum potential acres were irrigated (6,241 acres)

– Water sources• Verde River diversions• Pumped water

– 1,198 irrigation wells


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Verde River• Middle Verde River (Verde Valley)


– Well Development• 3,477 Domestic

wells• Domestic well

pumping estimated 1,218 AFA

• Does not include municipal pumping

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Verde River• Middle Verde River (Verde Valley)


• Municipal water demand increased 54% for Middle Verde water providers (1990 – 1997)

• Middle Verde water providers (>20 AFA)

• City of Cottonwood• Camp Verde Water• Arizona Water Co.

(Rimrock, Sedona)• Town of Payson• Verde Lakes Water Co.• Oak Creek Water Co.• Pine Valley Water Co.• Sedona Shadows• Big Park Water Co.• Oak Creek Valley POA

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Verde River• Upper and Middle Verde River

– Private and municipal providers– Estimated annual water demand (1997)

• 14,210 AF• Does not include the Town of Payson (1,414 AF)• An increase of 44% between 1990 – 1997

– Water pumping is having an impact on the base flow of the Verde River

• US Geological Survey 2013 Study

Sources:• Exhibit SR-149, Verde River Watershed Study (ADWR, 2000) 83

Verde River• Upper and Middle Verde River

– U.S. Geological Survey Study (2013)• Study showed that baseflow at the upstream end of the study area is 4,900 AF per year less than it was in 1910 as a result of human stresses

• Study showed that baseflow at the downstream end of the Verde Valley in 2005 is now 10,000 AF per year less than it was in 1910 as a result of human stresses

• For 2005 – 2110 the model shows an additional decrease between 5,400 and 8,600 AFY because of past, ongoing and future stresses

– conservative estimates of future pumping

• Human stresses due to water pumping was the reason for these stream flow depletions

Sources:• Exhibit SR-149, Verde River Watershed Study (ADWR, 2000) 84

Verde River

• Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation (FMYN)

85Source:• Exhibit SR-246, Map – Irrigation Districts and Water Users in the Gila River System (SRP, 2013)

Verde River

• Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation (FMYN)– Reservation is bisected by the Verde River near the confluence with

the Salt River– Reservation: 25,000 acres

• Crops: alfalfa, pecans, citrus• Municipal and industrial uses

– We‐Ko‐Pa Golf Club, Ft. McDowell Casino, Yavapai Materials ‐ sand & gravel operations, Ft. McDowell Adventures – recreational activities

– Water sources• Kent Decree water• SRP stored water• Pumped water

– Estimated irrigated acres: 2,000 acres– Estimated average annual water demand (2001 ‐ 2005)

• 11,700 AFA

Sources:• Exhibit SR-181, Arizona Water Atlas – AMA Planning Area (ADWR, 2010)• Exhibit SR-185, Arizona Water Atlas – Vol. 1 – Executive Summary (ADWR, 2010) 86

Verde River

• Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation (FMYN)– Water Rights Settlement (2008)

• Annual Entitlement: 35,950 AFA– Verde River water– CAP water: 18,233 AFA – may be leased up to 100 years to off‐reservation entities

• Verde River minimum stream flow requirement: 100 CFS• Long‐term lease: City of Phoenix, 4,300 AFA

Sources:• Exhibit SR-181, Arizona Water Atlas – AMA Planning Area (ADWR, 2010)• Exhibit SR-185, Arizona Water Atlas – Vol. 1 – Executive Summary (ADWR, 2010) 87

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