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Salt River Project experience in conversion from agriculture to urban water use

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Salt River Project (SRP) was established in 1903 to deliver water to farms on about 250,000 ac (100,000 ha) located in South-Central Arizona. While SRP continues to deliver water to the entire area, today only about 10% of that land is still in agriculture. The remainder has been urbanized. Urbanization of the vast majority of water service area has caused SRP to rethink and adjust every aspect of its business, from daily operation and maintenance to the overarching issues of liability and public involvement. Some of the issues being addressed and lessons learned are addressed in this paper.

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Abbreviations

MIB:

chemical compound 2-methylisoborneol

SRP:

Salt River Project

TCE:

chemical compound trichloroethylene

THM:

chemical compound trihalomethane

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  1. Water Engineering, Salt River Project, Mail Stop PAB106, PO Box 52025, Phoenix, AZ, 85072-2025, USA

    Robert S. Gooch

  2. Water Engineering and Transmission, Salt River Project, Mail Stop PAB103, PO Box 52025, Phoenix, AZ, 85072-2025, USA

    Paul A. Cherrington

  3. Water Resource Operations, Salt River Project, Mail Stop PAB120, PO Box 2025, Phoenix, AZ, 85072-2025, USA

    Yvonne Reinink

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Correspondence to Robert S. Gooch.

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Gooch, R.S., Cherrington, P.A. & Reinink, Y. Salt River Project experience in conversion from agriculture to urban water use. Irrig Drainage Syst 21, 145–157 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10795-007-9026-2

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