The Interstate Stream Commission has approved a resolution designating a 14-member unit to design and build the Gila River diversion project in southwestern New Mexico.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that the resolution was approved Wednesday at an Albuquerque meeting and identified parties making up the New Mexico CAP, or Central Arizona Project, entity.
The creation of the unit was necessary to proceed with the project that provides for the annual diversion of water from the Gila River for use in Catron, Grant, Luna and Hidalgo counties.
Authorized by the 2004 Arizona Water Settlement Act, the project provides for the diversion of up to 14,000 acre-feet of Gila River water each year.
An acre-foot is the amount of water needed to cover 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot.
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