Mormon Flat Dam: A Tour of SRP’s Maintenance Work

Salt River Project offers a glimpse of its maintenance work at Mormon Flat Dam near Apache Junction in the Tonto National Forest. SRP relies on reservoirs and dams along the Salt and Verde rivers to deliver water to about 2.5 million Valley residents and provides power to more than 1 million residents. Matt Pendergraft, SRP’s director of hydro generation, explains that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation owns the dams, while SRP operates and maintains them.

KTAR News is dedicated to covering stories about Arizona's water supply and how the Colorado River shortage impacts all facets of life. The Water Watch series examines how water is necessary for energy generation, advanced manufacturing, housing development and continuing our way of life in the desert.