Central Arizona Project
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Oct 2, 2026
Ben TracyCORRESPONDENT
And now the federal government is cutting the supply of Colorado River water to Nevada, California, and Arizona.
Max WilsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
What these cuts mean for Arizona is approximately a 50% cut to the Central Arizona Project.
Ben TracyCORRESPONDENT
Max Wilson is the water resources management advisor for the City of Phoenix.
Max WilsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So this water starts all the way in the Colorado Rockies in tiny mountain streams.
Ben TracyCORRESPONDENT
It travels through the 330 mile long Central Arizona Project Canal to Phoenix.
Ben TracyCORRESPONDENT
How important is this water to you?
Max WilsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Colorado River water is about 40% of the water that the City of Phoenix provides to customers.
Alex HagerCORRESPONDENT
So now water managers are passing the hat to water users, asking if they can take a little less and help contribute to the total water savings the state suggested.
Alex HagerCORRESPONDENT
Greg Adams with the Central Arizona Project says, so far, it's working.
Greg AdamsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We're looking at the couch cushions here, uh, but I think this does show broad commitment from, um, from water users within the s- uh, within the state.
Alex HagerCORRESPONDENT
Cities and private utilities have tentatively offered to save a little water here and a little water there.
Brian Peter FalkNARRATOR
While searching for Brandy Myers, police are alerted to the remains of another girl near a more remote part of Cave Creek Road, nine miles north of where Brandy was last seen.
Brian Peter FalkNARRATOR
The body is under a piece of plywood on the bank of a canal that is labeled on maps as the Central Arizona Project.
Brian Peter FalkNARRATOR
The level of decomposition tells investigators that this victim had been there for at least a couple weeks.
Brian Peter FalkNARRATOR
A medical examiner determines that the cause of death was likely strangulation absent other evidence.