Yuma County Water Users' Association
The Yuma County Water Users’ Association (YCWUA, Association) was organized in 1903, about a year after the passage of the Reclamation Act in the United States Congress. The Association was organized as a private non-profit corporation the purpose of dealing with the United States Bureau of Reclamation in the development of the Yuma Project. In 1904, Congress authorized the Yuma Project. In 1905, the Bureau of Reclamation recorded water filings in the name of the United States, and shortly thereafter purchased three existing water filings and irrigation companies that had been serving water to the Valley Division since 1890. Actual construction of the Laguna Dam and the distribution system started about 1905; and the first gravity diversion to the Valley Division of the Yuma Project was made through the siphon under the Colorado River in 1912, the same year Arizona became a state. This system replaced the existing pump diversion system of the old private irrigation companies. Water diversion from Laguna Dam was discontinued in 1941 when Imperial Dam became our diversion point from the Colorado River.
The Valley Division of the Yuma Project is located in the extreme southwest corner of Arizona. The area includes all of the Colorado River flood-plain lands, approximately 53,000 acres, between the City of Yuma and the International Boundary line with Mexico.
Engineering
On-Call General Engineering Services
GEORGE CAIRO ENGINEERING, INC. (GCE) is currently serving as the Association Engineer and we also provide support on related technical services including the enforcement of Association Standards on an on-call as needed basis. GCE also supports the Yuma County Water Users’ Association in their management of urbanization impacts inclusive of permitting, planning, design, and construction services efforts. Relocations or modifications to the Association's facilities due to development and urbanization are designed by GCE. In addition, impacts to the YCWUA's operations and maintenance are evaluated, and construction inspections are performed to ensure compliance with plans and specifications.
Representative GCE projects completed for Yuma County Water Users’ Association include the following:
- West Main Canal Diversion Modernization
- West Main Canal Turnout & Box Culvert Rehabilitation
- Yuma Main Bifurcation - West Main Canal Bridge Rehabilitation
- Yuma Valley Drainage Improvement Project
- Canal Improvement Project, Canal Lining & Structures
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Contacts:
George J. Cairo, P.E., D.WRE
GEORGE CAIRO ENGINEERING, INC.
4320 East Florian Avenue
Mesa, Arizona 85206
480.921.4080
480.921.4087 (Fax)
602.690.6661 (Cell)
gcairo@gcairoinc.com
Tom Davis, General Manager
Yuma County Water Users Association
3800 West County 15th Street
Somerton, AZ 85350
928.627.8824
tdavis@ycwua.org
Charles Cowan, Power Manager/Head of Technical Services
Yuma County Water Users Association
3800 West County 15th Street
Somerton, AZ 85350
928.627.8824
ccowan@ycwua.org
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