In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Colorado River Basin Project Act, authorizing the construction of what is today known as Central Arizona Project (CAP). CAP is a 336-mile long system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines that delivers Colorado River water to central and southern Arizona, serving 80 percent of the state’s […]
November 30 6:00 pm Forced to Abandon Our Fields: The 1914 Charles Southworth Gila River Pima Interviews; Dr. David DeJong, Project Director, Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project The program will cover the period of the latter 19th and early 20th century, a critical time during which the economy of the Gila River Indian Community was decimated by […]
December 8 1:00 pm Water/Ways Movie Series; the library will feature a movie from the Water/Ways movie list. Contact the library for specific titles. More info at http://waterwaysaz.org/host-sites/florence/
December 14 6:00 pm Vision Realized: Ernest W. McFarland and the Central Arizona Project; Joanna Brace, Curator, Arizona State Parks and Trails Known as “Mac,” Ernest McFarland had common sense and a common touch, but he was also a visionary. One of those visions was to bring water from the Colorado River to irrigate hundreds […]
December 15 1:00 pm Water/Ways Movie Series; the library will feature a movie from the Water/Ways movie list. Contact the library for specific titles. More info at http://waterwaysaz.org/host-sites/florence/
December 21 6:00 pm Hohokam Water Use and Management at Casa Grande Ruins; Dr. Doug Craig, Senior Archaeologist and Principal Investigator, Northland Research The past 20 years have seen archaeologists make great strides in their understanding of ancient Hohokam farming and water management practices. Hundreds of miles of prehistoric canals, capable of irrigating tens of […]
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