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Recently, Salt River Project was approved to hold water longer at Roosevelt Dam during high runoff seasons, which means increased water resiliency for Tempe and many other nearby cities.
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The approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers allows SRP to temporarily extend the amount of time it can hold water in a portion of the Flood Control Space at Roosevelt Dam from 20 days to 120 days. In short, the plan will allow water from high runoff seasons to be put to use in the SRP system instead of getting released into the normally-dry Salt River after 20 days.
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