Residents Are Urged to Avoid SRP’s Arizona and Grand Canals During Canal Dry-up Maintenance Project
Maintenance projects, repairs to run from Jan. 8 to Feb. 7 in the West Valley
WHAT:
Portions of the Arizona and Grand canals on the north side of the Salt River will be closed and drained over the next month for annual canal dry-up, maintenance and construction activities. Water deliveries to Valley residents will not be impacted. Some of SRP’s northside irrigation customers will not receive water from the canals during the dry-up.
WHEN / WHERE:
The canal dry-up will be from Jan. 8 to Feb. 7. on portions of the Arizona and Grand canals in central and west Phoenix and Glendale. There will be signage posted on the Arizona Canal from 59th to 75th avenues where the canal banks will be closed to all traffic including bikes and pedestrians. The closures will also impact both sides of the Grand Canal banks from 24th Street to 27th Avenue.
DETAILS:
SRP is responsible for keeping its canal system in operating condition during normal water deliveries. Canal dry-ups allow SRP, as well as other utilities and municipalities, to perform construction and maintenance activities in and around the canals.
Information on canal closures: Canal management and maintenance
SRP is a community-based, not-for-profit public power utility and the largest electricity provider in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, serving about 1.2 million customers. SRP provides water to about 2.5 million Valley residents, delivering 260 billion gallons of water (800,000 acre-feet) each year, and manages a 13,000-square-mile watershed that includes an extensive system of reservoirs, wells, irrigation laterals, and 131 miles of canals.