Central Arizona Project

Central Arizona Project (CAP) is a 336 mile diversion canal located in the southern half of the State of Arizona. The aqueduct diverts water from the Colorado River through Phoenix and terminates 14 miles south of Tucson. On average, the CAP delivers 1.5 million acre-feet of river water per year to nearly one million acres of municipal users, agricultural users, agricultural irrigation districts and Indian irrigated agricultural land, serving over 1.8 million people. The CAP consists of a large open concrete-lined sections, tunnels, siphons, pipelines, and pumping plants. The average size of the aqueduct in its beginning is 80 feet across the top, 24 feet across the bottom and 16.5 feet deep.

Engineering

On-Call General Engineering Services History

GEORGE CAIRO ENGINEERING, INC. (GCE) has worked on various projects for CAP in the past that include canal design, standard detail development, and standard technical specification development. GCE has worked with multiple departments within the CAP and on multiple projects for various departments. GCE has an on-call maintenance engineering services history with CAP and is familiar with many of CAP's standard details as well as CADD drawing requirements.

Representative GCE projects completed for the Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage District include the following:

  • CAP Pool 23 and 24 Canal Lining Raise and Improvements
  • Green-Up Area Project Urban Fencing - Phase 1
  • Parcel Maps separate out as a project
  • Canal Turnout and Pump Station Forebay Bathometric Surveys and Sediment Quantity Estimates
  • Central Arizona Water Conservation District - Lower Santa Cruz Effluent Feasibility Assessment

Map of CAP Canal

Click here to view the CAP Canal.

Contacts:

George J. Cairo, P.E., D.WRE
GEORGE CAIRO ENGINEERING, INC.
1630 South Stapley Drive
Stapley Center, Suite 117
Mesa, Arizona 85204
480.921.4080
480.921.4087 (Fax)
602.690.6661 (Cell)
gcairo@gcairoinc.com

Maaike Hough, P.E., Senior Project Engineer
GEORGE CAIRO ENGINEERING, INC.
1630 South Stapley Drive
Stapley Center, Suite 117
Mesa, Arizona 85204
480.921.4080
480.921.4087 (Fax)
mhough@gcairoinc.com

Darrin Francom, Engineering Resource Supervisor
Central Arizona Project
23636 N. 7th St.
Phoenix, AZ 85024
623.869.2276
602.570.4866 (Fax)
623.869.2249 (Cell)
drancom@cap-az.com









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