Colorado River water cuts are coming to Arizona ... and Scottsdale, but city leaders say they won’t hurt the city’s current consumption levels.
Under the current agreement, Arizona is allotted 2.8 million acre feet of water per year from the lower Colorado River basins. The Central Arizona Project, which is fed from the Colorado River, provides Scottsdale with 81,000 acre feet of this water per year.
Scottsdale Water spokesman Bryan Bouchard said Colorado River water accounts for 40% of Arizona’s total water use. This water also accounts for about 70% of the total drinking water for Scottsdale.
