The Salt and Verde Rivers are on a separate system of canals, and they fill the taps and swimming pools in the southern half of the city. The water running through the new pipes will come from two different rivers east of Phoenix. “This pipe will be able to carry about 75 million gallons of water a day,” he says. The pipes are made of steel, which gives them strength, city engineer Clayton Freed says. Known as the Drought Pipeline Project, five-and-a-half-foot pipes will soon be buried underground in the city. The new $280 million Phoenix Drought Pipeline will make sure 400,000 residents will have water if the Colorado River levels drop too low. City of Phoenix engineer Clayton Freed stands next to 66-inch steel and concrete pipes. That’s one reason behind why the city just broke ground on a $280-million initiative to address the issue. Farmers will bear the brunt at first, and if the drought continues, the cuts will go much deeper and eventually hit cities like Phoenix. 1, for the first time, Arizona’s supply of the Colorado River water will be cut by 18%. But decades of drought, low snowpack in the mountains and overuse have put tremendous pressure on the reservoirs that supply water to 40 million people in the Southwest. To reach residents in the city, water goes through a 190-mile journey through a system of canals.
The Colorado River is drying up - and it’s fair to say Phoenix, Arizona, would be drastically different without it. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) This article is more than 1 year old.
The Colorado River winds through Horseshoe Bend in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Page, Ariz., at sunset on Aug.
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