High-priority validation zone
Yuma / Lower Colorado River agriculture
87
Reclamation accounting, ET data, high-value agriculture, Colorado River exposure, and policy visibility make this the best validation corridor.
- Product angle
- Measured field trial, specialty crop stability, reduced peak application intensity, documented soil tension, applied water, flow, pressure, and energy.
- Partner type
- University Extension irrigation specialists, irrigation consultants, growers, Reclamation-aware water managers.
- Data sources
- Reclamation Water Accounting, CUL, LCRAS, ADWR irrigation district maps.
Measured field trial, specialty crop stability, reduced peak application intensity, documented soil tension, applied water, flow, pressure, and energy.
Strategic pilot zone
Pinal AMA / CAP-groundwater transition zones
81.7
Groundwater stress, agriculture, CAP dependence, shortage exposure, and land/water conflict are visible in the same region.
- Product angle
- Lower peak demand, storage-buffered irrigation, lower pumping burden, and specialty crop transition potential.
- Partner type
- Irrigation districts, farmers, NRCS/TSPs, ADWR-informed planners.
- Data sources
- ADWR Agriculture, Hydrology, Overdraft, GWSI, Well Registry, CAP system data.
Lower peak demand, storage-buffered irrigation, lower pumping burden, and specialty crop transition potential.
Strategic pilot zone
Recharge/LTSC-heavy AMAs
73.7
Phoenix, Tucson, and Pinal AMAs combine stored credits, recovery logic, municipal-ag tension, and shortage planning.
- Product angle
- Make recovered or stored water more usable by reducing the receiving field system flow requirement.
- Partner type
- LTSC holders, recharge facility operators, municipal-ag partnerships, irrigation districts.
- Data sources
- ADWR recharge accounting, LTSC map, Recharge dashboard.
Make recovered or stored water more usable by reducing the receiving field system flow requirement.
Pilot candidate
CAP service-area agriculture and adjacent districts
69.4
CAP allocation exposure, shortage risk, wheeling/recovery complexity, and farm delivery spikes interact.
- Product angle
- Reduce demand spikes, enable smaller delivery windows, and integrate farm buffers.
- Partner type
- CAP-adjacent users, districts, conservation planners, water attorneys, and water consultants.
- Data sources
- CAP allocations, CAP GIS maps, ADWR groundwater basin with CAP maps.
Reduce demand spikes, enable smaller delivery windows, and integrate farm buffers.
Pilot candidate
Municipal-ag interface zones
63.3
Growth pressure, assured water supply, municipal providers, and agricultural demand create planning pressure.
- Product angle
- Ag conservation pilots that produce measurable water-energy benefits without treating agriculture as disposable.
- Partner type
- Municipalities, counties, water providers, ag landowners, conservation districts.
- Data sources
- ADWR Municipal, CWS, AAWS, and Phoenix Area Municipal Providers dashboards.
Ag conservation pilots that produce measurable water-energy benefits without treating agriculture as disposable.