{"content":[{"text":"exchange for pledging their land as collateral for the federal loans to construct Roosevelt Dam, \n which loans have long since been fully repaid, landowners in the Salt River Valley received the \n right to water stored behind the dam.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.088803,"width":0.7513509999999999,"height":0.05111599999999998}},{"text":"SRP now operates six dams and reservoirs on the Salt and Verde Rivers in the Gila River \n Basin, one dam and reservoir on East Clear Creek in the Little Colorado River Basin, 1,300 \n miles of canals, laterals, ditches and pipelines, groundwater wells, and numerous electrical \n generating, transmission and distribution facilities. The seven SRP reservoirs impound runoff \n from multiple watersheds, which is delivered via SRP canals, laterals and pipelines to municipal, \n industrial and agricultural water users in the Phoenix metropolitan area. SRP also operates \n approximately 250 deep well pumps to supplement surface water supplies available to the \n Phoenix area during times of drought. In addition, SRP provides power to over 1 million \n customers in the Phoenix area, as well as other rural areas of the State.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.152729,"width":0.7631840000000001,"height":0.14685199999999998}},{"text":"SRP Watershed \n Since the end of the nineteenth century, farmers and residents of the Salt River Valley have \n been integrally involved and interested in the management of the Salt and Verde watersheds. \n Although the Valley’s involvement with the forested land has changed over the decades, the \n interest has remained \n constant due to the \n watersheds’ vital role in \n producing water for the \n Valley.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.312307,"width":0.741574,"height":0.14693499999999998}},{"text":"In 1891 and 1897, the \n U.S. Congress passed \n legislation enabling the \n federal government to set \n aside forests to help \n preserve the nation’s \n water supply for future \n generations. In 1897, the \n Arizona Territorial \n Legislature wrote to \n Congress and stated, \n “The forests on these \n water-sheds [Salt and \n Verde]... are in great \n danger of being entirely \n removed by settlers and \n large lumber companies to the great detriment of our water supply.” Over the next decade, \n National Forests were created primarily to protect the watershed above Theodore Roosevelt \n Dam and to protect the watershed along the Verde River. In 1901 the Arizona Republican \n touted the designations by saying: “Protection to the magnificent forest and the conservation of \n the waters that feed the Verde and Salt Rivers. The value of this action to the people of the Salt \n River valley cannot be overestimated.” Today, 59% of SRP’s 13,000-square-mile watershed \n lies within national forests as part of a plan to provide a renewable water supply for the Valley. \n The hydrologic values associated with healthy forests were recognized by the federal \n government during the early part of the 20th century, and was the underlying reason most forest \n lands were set aside in Arizona; for the protection of the water supplies used in the Salt River \n Valley.","bbox":{"left":0.117629,"top":0.472053,"width":0.758513,"height":0.434379}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.076471,"top":0.389836,"width":0.581209,"height":0.332134}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.076471,"top":0.389836,"width":0.581209,"height":0.332134}]}