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Oct 28, 2026
Steve JessHOST
A lawsuit over new Colorado river cutbacks has gained more steam as Arizona agencies push back on what they call devastating reductions to their water supply.
Steve JessHOST
The Central Arizona Project, which operates a 336-mile canal system that brings Colorado river water to Phoenix and Tucson, filed to join an existing lawsuit against the federal government That suit, originally filed by Nevada in August, argues that the Interior Department's planned cutbacks are too harmful to people and economies in that state.
Steve JessHOST
In mid-October, Arizona's Water Department moved to join the suit, reiterating its claim that the federal government acted unlawfully by failing to consider the amount of harm inflicted on water users in Arizona.
Steve JessHOST
Music Tucson voters will get to decide whether to renew a 25-year franchise agreement between the City of Tucson and Tucson Electric Power.
Phil LatzmanHOST
And let's jump over the hump with a check of the news.
Phil LatzmanHOST
Well, the Central Arizona Project, which runs the canal that brings Colorado River water to the Phoenix and Tucson areas, has moved to join a state's lawsuit against the federal government over upcoming water cutbacks.
Phil LatzmanHOST
Alex
Alex HagerCORRESPONDENT
Hager has the latest.
Tiara VaillantHOST
But to really understand how Arizona got here, Alex Hager reports you have to go back in time.
Alex HagerCORRESPONDENT
Through a career with the Central Arizona Project, Rich Wiesenger has seen an awful lot of the long canal system that brings the Colorado River to the Phoenix area.
Rich WiesengerGUEST
Well, it's an engineering marvel.
Rich WiesengerGUEST
I mean, it absolutely is.
Ryan PetronellaGUEST
... to say the least.
Ryan PetronellaGUEST
Um, you know, there's the main supply of water is coming from the CAP, the Central Arizona Project, which is this 300-mile man-made canal that basically diverts water from the Colorado River-
Blair CorningHOST
Mm-hmm
Ryan PetronellaGUEST
... all the way over to Tucson.
Ben TracyCORRESPONDENT
And now the federal government is cutting the supply of Colorado River water to Nevada, California, and Arizona.
Max WilsonGUEST
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 WilsonGUEST
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 WilsonGUEST
Colorado River water is about 40% of the water that the City of Phoenix provides to customers.
Max WilsonGUEST
and Arizona.
Max WilsonGUEST
What these cuts mean for Arizona is approximately a 50 percent cut to the central Arizona project.
Max WilsonGUEST
Max Wilson is the
Ben TracyCORRESPONDENT
water resources management adviser for the city of Phoenix.
Max WilsonGUEST
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.
Max WilsonGUEST
How important is this water to you? Colorado River water is about 40% of the water that the city of Phoenix provides to customers.
Max WilsonGUEST
In some parts of the city, it's almost 100%.
Ben TracyCORRESPONDENT
And now the federal government is cutting the supply of Colorado River water to Nevada, California, and Arizona.
Max WilsonGUEST
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 WilsonGUEST
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 WilsonGUEST
Colorado River water is about 40% of the water that the city of Phoenix provides to customers.