The Central Arizona Project was always a dumb idea.

In Reply to: Water, water everywhere. NOT! posted by SagoBob on October 25, 2026 at 11:47:34

Creating a massive aquaduct to bring water from the Colorado River to Phoenix, led to massive growth there, when the Colorado River water was clearly going to be an unreliable source.

Arizona's growth has been based on a mirage.

Just about everyone in the West is deluding themself about our water future.

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• John Wesley Powell warned about this 130 yrs ago. * BluBlood 15:26:37 10/25/26 (3)
  • Yep! Entitlements were based on a series of.. SagoBob 16:53:40 10/25/26 (2)
    • We also need to capture more of the rainwater mh 08:09:15 10/26/26 (1)
      • For that to happen we need more spreading grounds.. SagoBob 15:09:43 10/26/26 (0)

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