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The Salt River Project or SRP is a collective name used to refer to two separate entities: the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, a political subdivision of the state of Arizona, or the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, a private company that serves as an electrical utility and water provider for the Phoenix metropolitan area. The name Salt River Project is also used to refer to the improvement projects along the Salt River. Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 6th 295,254 km² 500 km 645 km 0. ...
The Phoenix metropolitan area, locally known as the Valley of the Sun (or Phoenix Valley), is a metropolitan area that includes Phoenix, Arizona, the rest of Maricopa County, and Pinal County. ...
The Salt River, a tributary of the Gila, is shown highlighted on a map of the United States and Mexico The Salt River (Oodham [Pima]: Onk Akimel) is a tributary of the Gila River, approximately 200 mi (322 km) long, in central Arizona in the United States. ...
History
Early American settlers in the Gila River Valley, now home to Phoenix and surrounding suburbs, found life in the desert environment harsh and forbidding. Agriculture depended largely upon the flow of the Salt River to sustain them, and fickle weather combined with little storage capacity meant even a small drought could spell disaster for the fledgling community. In 1903, several of the settlers formed the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, jointly pledging 200,000 acres (809 km²) of their land as collateral for a federal government loan for improvements along the Salt River designed to improve storage and stability. The very next year construction would begin on the Roosevelt Dam, the first of what would become a long line of projects along the Salt and Verde Rivers designed to increase the storage capacity of the growing metropolitan area. A dune in the Egyptian desert In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation - less than 250 mm (10 in) per year. ...
A drought or an extreme dry periodic climate is an extended period where water availability falls below the statistical requirements for a region. ...
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Although the construction of dams was the association's most visible and costly project, an integral part of the effort was also the construction and improvement of a system of canals designed to distribute the water from the Salt River among the various members living in the valley. The Canal du Midi in Toulouse, France. ...
In 1909, a hydroelectric generator was installed at Roosevelt Dam, and since that day SRP has also been a major player in the power generation business. 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
in 1936, the Arizona Legislature allowed for the creation of governmental districts that could finance large-scale agricultural projects with tax-free bonds. Shortly thereafter the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District was created, the second half of SRP as it exists today. Over the next several decades, a series of major improvements along the Salt and Verde Rivers would raise the number of reservoirs in the district to 6, and at the same time SRP was constructing and maintaining a number of other electrical generating stations throughout the state. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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As of 2005, SRP owns or operates eleven electrical generating stations, seven hydroelectric plants, and has energy purchasing agreements with four major hydroelectric stations along the Colorado River, making them a major provider of electric service in the Phoenix area. Along with the six reservoirs along the Salt and Verde Rivers, SRP operates dams at the Blue Ridge Reservoir as well as the Granite Reef Diversion Dam and a number of canals, making them a major provider of water to the Phoenix area. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ...
Colorado River in the Grand Canyon from Desert View The Colorado River is a river in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately 1,450 mi (2,333 km) long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. ...
Salt River reservoirs SRP owns and operates four reservoirs along the Salt River east of Phoenix. While the main function of these reservoirs is to serve as water storage for the rapidly growing municipal area, they also serve as important recreational centers. The lakes are regularly stocked with fish, and are supplied with boat ramps for both angling and other watersports. Fishing from a pier Angling is a form of fishing. ...
Lake Roosevelt
Dedication ceremonies of Roosevelt Dam (Arizona Territory), Col. Roosevelt speaking, March 18, 1911. Roosevelt Dam and the reservoir it forms are considered perhaps the crowning achievements of the Salt River Project. With the initial funds raised by the association in 1903, an ambitious project was begun several miles east of Phoenix in the Tonto Valley, at the confluence of the Tonto Creek and the Salt River. When it was completed in 1911, Roosevelt Dam was the tallest masonry dam in the world at 280 feet (85 m). It was dedicated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, for whom the dam and the reservoir are named. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1383x1109, 307 KB)Dedication ceremonies of Roosevelt dam [Ariz. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1383x1109, 307 KB)Dedication ceremonies of Roosevelt dam [Ariz. ...
March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ...
1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...
1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...
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Theodore Roosevelt (born Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ...
In 1996, a massive expansion project aimed at increasing the capacity of the lake was finished. The dam was resurfaced with concrete and raised an additional 77 feet (23 m), which had the effect of increasing the lake's capacity by over 20%, and providing much needed flood control space on the Salt River. Shortly after completion, however, the area entered into a prolonged period of drought, and it would be some time before the new capacity was used, with the lake finally reaching historic levels of 90% capacity in early 2005. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
With an at-capacity surface area of nearly 21,500 acres (87 km²), Roosevelt is the largest lake that is wholly inside the state of Arizona. It can store 1,653,043 acre feet (2.03900 km³) of water at capacity.
Apache Lake Apache Lake was formed by the construction of the Horse Mesa Dam, finished in 1927. Several miles downstream from Roosevelt, the dam stands 300 feet (90 m) high. The lake itself is considerably smaller than Roosevelt at only 2,600 acres (11 km²) of surface area at full capacity, and can store 254,138 acre feet (313,475,000 m³) of water. 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Like the rest of the Salt River lakes downstream from Roosevelt, Apache Lake is long and narrow, filling the bottom of the canyon it resides in. It does have a hydroelectric generating station.
Canyon Lake Canyon Lake, the third lake on the Salt River, is created by the Mormon Flat Dam. The dam was completed in 1925, being the second of the dams to be completed. The dam is named for a nearby geographical feature, a flat campground where Mormon pioneers from Utah would often stop on their journey to the Phoenix area. Downstream from Apache Lake, it is considerably smaller with only 950 acres (3.8 km²) of surface area when full, holding 57,852 acre feet (71,359,000 m³). Like the other Salt River dams, it is equipped with hydroelectric generators. Canyon Lake is one of four man-made reservoirs that were formed by the damming of the Salt River in Arizona. ...
1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 13th 219,887 km² 435 km 565 km 3. ...
Saguaro Lake Saguaro Lake is formed by the Stewart Mountain Reservoir, downstream from Canyon Lake. Completed in 1930, it was the last of the reservoirs to be built on the Salt River. It is somewhat larger than Canyon but smaller than the others, having a surface area of 1,280 acres (5.18 km²) when full, holding 69,765 acre feet (86,054,000 m³). The dam is equipped with hydroelectric generators. 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
Verde River reservoirs and other dams After completion of the four dams on the Salt River, SRP turned to the smaller Verde River for further expansion of the project. Like the reservoirs on the Salt, the Verde reservoirs are used for recreational purposes as well as water storage and flood control.
Lake Bartlett The first of the lakes on the Verde River was created with the construction of the Bartlett Dam, finishing in 1939. At 305 feet (93 m) tall, the multiple-arch dam is lacking in hydroelectric generating capabilities, unlike the dams on the Salt River. With 2,700 acres (11 km²) of surface area at capacity, it is larger than all the Salt River reservoirs save Roosevelt. When full the lake can hold 178,186 acre-feet (219,789,000 m³) of water, or some 58 billion US gallons. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Horseshoe Lake Horseshoe Dam was finished in 1946 downstream from Lake Bartlett, but unlike the other dams built to this point, the construction was done by the Phelps Dodge Corporation as part of a water exchange agreement. In 1949 the city of Phoenix funded the construction of spillway gates for the dam in exchange for water rights for city users. Like Bartlett, this dam does not have hydroelectric generating capabilities. At 2,800 acres in surface area when full it is slightly larger, but has a smaller total capacity, holding only 131,427 acre feet] (162,113,000 m³) at maximum. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...
An acre foot is a unit of volume commonly used in the United States in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, and river flows. ...
Blue Ridge Reservoir Phelps Dodge, Inc, a large mining company in Arizona, constructed the Blue Ridge Dam in 1965 to help meet its water needs. A water exchange agreement penned three years earlier promised the facilities to SRP, and in 2005 SRP took possession of the dam and water production facilities. Located on the Mogollon Rim, Blue Ridge is not on the Salt or Verde Rivers but is a part of the general watershed covered in the SRP area. The small lake has a storage capacity of only 15,000 acre feet (19,000,000 m³) of water. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...
The Mogollon Rim is a topographical and geological feature running across Arizona, extending approximately 400 miles (650 km) from northern Yavapai County eastward to the Mogollon Mountains in southwest New Mexico. ...
Granite Reef Dam The Granite Reef Diversion Dam constructed near the confluence of the Salt and Verde Rivers does not actually hold back a reservoir, but is used to divert water from those rivers into the system of canals feeding into the Phoenix area. It was actually the first of the dams constructed, finished in 1906 to replace the Arizona Dam, which had been washed away by floods the previous year. 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Canal System SRP operates several important canals that run in a network through much of the southern half of the Phoenix metro area, helping distribute water from the Salt River system. Major canals operated by SRP are: - Arizona Canal, 38.62 miles (62.15 km) long
- Grand Canal, 22.43 miles (36.10 km)long
- Consolidated Canal, 18.95 miles (30.50 km) long
- Eastern Canal, 14.73 miles (23.71 km) long
- Western Canal, 13.61 miles (21.90 km) long
- South Canal, 9.91 miles (15.95 km) long
- Tempe Canal, 9.76 miles (15.71 km) long
- New Crosscut Canal, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) long
SRP also operates a number of flood control canals throughout the Phoenix area. The Arizona Canal is a major canal in central Maricopa County that led to the founding of several communities, now among the wealthier neighborhoods of suburban Phoenix, in the late 1880s. ...
Power generation Besides the power generated at several of the dams along the Salt River, SRP owns or operates, in part, several power generating stations throughout the state: - Agua Fria Generating Station
- Coronado Generating Station
- Craig Generating Station
- Desert Basin Generating Station
- Four Corners Power Plant
- Hayden Generating Station
- Kyrene Generating Station
- Mohave Generating Station
- Navajo Generating Station
- Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
- Santan Generating Station
The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant located in Wintersburg, Arizona, about 50 miles (80 km) west of central Phoenix, is currently the largest nuclear generation facility in the United States, producing over 30,000 gigawatts of electricity annually to serve approximately 4 million people. ...
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