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Salt River

American  

noun

  1. a river flowing W from E Arizona to the Gila River near Phoenix: Roosevelt Dam. 200 miles (322 km) long.


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Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, who formerly worked in economic development at the Salt River Project, a federal utility in the Phoenix area, said she sees parallels to an earlier boom.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

Afterwards, the local Salt River Project power utility was called to de-energize the pole.

From Washington Times Dec. 7, 2023

Arizona’s second largest provider of electricity, Salt River Project, or SRP, is known as a power and irrigation district rather than a utility and has around 1.1 million customers.

From Seattle Times Jul. 24, 2023

Before entering politics, he was a long-time attorney for the Salt River Project, a water and electric utility serving parts of metro Phoenix.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2023

So it went on until one night, when searching for the bridge that crosses the Salt River, the sky became suddenly overcast, the rain fell in torrents, and soon the river was in flood.

From The Cat and the Mouse A Book of Persian Fairy Tales by John R. (John Rea) Neill

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