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AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CENTRAL ARIZONA WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT TO STORE WATER AT THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS RECHARGE PROJECT
Staff Contact: Craig Johnson, P.E., Director, Water Services
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for the City Council to waive reading beyond the title and adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD) to store Glendale's Central Arizona Project (CAP) water at the Superstition Mountains Recharge Project owned and operated by CAWCD...body
Background
The City of Glendale holds allocations of CAP water through its municipal and industrial subcontract and leases. This intergovernmental agreement (IGA) will allow the city to store a portion of its CAP water at CAWCD's Superstition Mountains Recharge Project (SMRP).
Glendale plans to store some of its CAP water in underground aquifers through the use of recharge basins at the CAP facility. Glendale will accumulate long-term storage credits for the recharged CAP water. These credits are reserved for future use in the event of drought, shortages, or to meet additional demand. The stored water credits will eventually be recovered through wells.
On August 25, 2014, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) granted Glendale water storage permits for CAP water. These permits cover the Agua Fria Managed facility (capacity 50,000 AF/year); the Agua Fria Constructed facility (capacity 50,000 AF/year); the Superstition Mountains Recharge Project facility (capacity 56,500 AF/year); and the Hieroglyphic Mountains Recharge Project (capacity 35,000 AF/year). Depending on the amount of capacity available each year, the permits grant Glendale the ability to store CAP water at any or all of these facilities.
Having the option to store at several facilities provides Glendale flexibility an...
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