WATER

Cave Creek navigates Colorado River cuts with proactive water management strategy

Intake pumps that draw water from the Central Arizona Project canal, which is then pumped 12.5 miles to Cave Creek.

(Courtesy of the Town of Cave Creek)

Cave Creek Town Utilities Director Shawn Kreuzwiesner, left, and consultant Bradley Hill talk during a town forum Jan. 6, 2026 on the upcoming strategies to combat a possible water shortage in the town in 2027.

(Independent Newsmedia/Jeff Wendt)

This chart, shown to resident at a June 17 Town Hall meeting, shows where Cave Creek could have shortage of water to its customers by 2034.

(Courtesy of the Town of Cave Creek)

For decades, the Town of Cave Creek operated under the quiet assumption that water would always flow.

But behind the scenes, a growing crisis has forced local leaders to reckon with harsh realities, fragile infrastructure, and a shrinking supply from the Colorado River.

Town officials trace the formal management efforts back nearly two decades.

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