Central Arizona Project is a 336 mile long canal that brings Arizona’s allocation of Colorado river water to Maricopa, Pinal and Pima counties. In 1971, the state legislature authorized a special taxing district, the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD), governed by a 15-member, non-partisan board.
The ability to levy taxes necessitated a publicly elected board so that taxpayers would have representation. Unfortunately, not all board members vote in the taxpayer's best interest. Local municipalities and land developers lobby the board for subsidies - costing you money!
We have pledged to represent the taxpayer above the municipalities and developers and to protect our allocation of the Colorado river water. It’s time to elect intelligent, level headed board members without an agenda and without an allegiance to anyone but the taxpayer.
Lisa Atkins - For years, the Central Arizona Project has been an integral part of making sure Arizonans can rely on sustainable, reliable and affordable water. Understanding this need, Lisa Atkins has spent her years of service on the Central Arizona Project Board making sure our access to water continues, which is why she is running for re-election.
Lisa’s life work has focused on land and water issues in our State. During her time on the CAP Board, Lisa has served as Board President and chaired committees responsible for Finance, Audit and Power, as well as the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District.
Now, more than ever, we need experienced and trusted leadership to protect our water supply, so this most precious resource continues to flow today and for future generations. Lisa is a respected leader in water policy, with the knowledge and experience required to ensure that the CAP continues to deliver the water so important to our communities and the sustainable future of Arizona.
April Pinger-Tornquist is running for re-election after having served her first 6 year term. She is grateful for the opportunity to serve and looks forward to representing the taxpayers of
Maricopa county for another 6 years.
Her background is in engineering, with a degree in aerospace engineering and a history in flow technologies, energy attenuation, additive manufacturing and consumer product development. She now owns Sway Engineering and Prototyping LLC, an engineering and product development business with her husband, David, that focuses on helping inventors develop ideas into products and bringing them to market. This background allows her to bring technical understanding to the board of the complexities of moving millions of gallons of water across Arizona to the people who need it.
April is a firm believer of small government and individual freedoms and will work to reduce the tax burden. She will continue to work for fiscal responsibility and accountability as your representative.
Rudy Fischer is running to become a board member on the Central Arizona Water Conservation District this November. He has served on corporate, non-profit, HOA, and municipal boards; as well as eight years on a city council and five on a water agency board of directors. In those roles he was instrumental in the completion of both municipal and regional water projects, and has written on water matters – including about the Colorado River Basin. He and his wife live in Scottsdale, where he serves on that city’s Citizen’s Bond Oversight Committee.
He has attended many of the CAP meetings over the past several years and understands the history and the issues the agency faces. In addition, he has attended meetings of AMWUA, the Arizona Department of Water Resources, and the Governor’s Water Policy Council. He has also completed the Scottsdale 101 and Scottsdale Water Academy programs and about a dozen CAP University sessions.
As board chair of a water agency he was responsible for getting approval for a recycled water project very similar to Scottsdale Water. As a result, he has gone through the process of getting the needed city, regional, county, state, and federal approvals to take a complex project from concept to completion. He is also experienced with developing schedules and time lines based on the complexity of major projects.
He wants to bring that experience to ensuring the Central Arizona Project continues to meet Arizona’s needs for decades to come.
