It was an unprecedented formal session of the Tucson City Council on Oct. 6, 1993. Then-Gov. Fife Symington met with the council to make a personal plea that it not shut down Tucson's delivery of Central Arizona Project water. His request was denied. The council members stuck with their decision to discontinue the CAP water delivery temporarily. Since CAP water had been turned on in November 1992, customers had complained of rust-colored, corrosive and smelly water. The Colorado River water brought by canal was harder and had more than twice the mineral salts found in Tucson's groundwater. It scoured and corroded old water pipes. At that time, Tucson Water was providing about 84,000 customers CAP water. In 1999, voters approved a change that paved the way for delivery of blended CAP and groundwater to Tucson homes. Read more about Tucson's past in Tales From the Morgue at go.azstarnet.com/morguetales. Today's entry is on "Lonesome George" Gobel's trip to Tucson.
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