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City outlines water‑supply portfolio: about 7,500 acre‑feet banked and current use near 2,400 acre‑feet
Summary
City briefed council on the water portfolio: roughly 2,900 AF of CAP allocation, ~2,372 AF groundwater designation, effluent credits and other sources bring a portfolio near 7,500 AF while current deliveries are about 2,400 AF; staff said conservation and additional sourcing efforts continue.
City and water‑district staff briefed the council on April 21 about Apache Junction's water portfolio and long‑term supply planning.
A water representative identified only as Mike summarized the portfolio: the district retains a Central Arizona Project allocation roughly equal to 2,900 acre‑feet (sufficient to serve about 9,000 service connections under current usage patterns), a designated groundwater supply of about 2,372 acre‑feet for the next 100 years, an additional 817 acre‑feet secured later and effluent credits and other sources. Taken together, staff said the city holds roughly 7,500 acre‑feet in its portfolio.
Mike said city deliveries today consume roughly 2,400 acre‑feet per year (about 2 million gallons per day) and that per‑capita demand has fallen from about 105 gallons per capita per day to about 98 as conservation measures take effect. "We're only using about 2,400 acre‑feet of water to service our existing customers," he said, and the city keeps groundwater supplies in reserve as a redundancy.
Council members asked about multifamily assurances, lost and unaccounted‑for water and advanced purification pilot projects. Mike said multifamily subdivisions that are platted still require an assured water supply and that effluent reuse, advanced purification pilots and continued pursuit of additional CAP allocations and leases (including work with Salt River Project) are part of long‑term strategy.
Staff emphasized that current portfolio planning aims to preserve supplies for existing customers while accommodating growth; the council requested continued periodic updates.
