Yuma County boasts of four municipalities - each offering key services & utilities.  Listed below is information regarding transportation systems & providers, medical facilities & services, banks, & hotels & meeting facilities.

Gateway to the Growing West & Mexico - Air, Truck & Rail

Arizona is home to six international airports and more than 200 airfields providing companies with easy access to world markets for both cargo and passenger service. Yuma International Airport has two commercial airlines providing connector services to Los Angeles (LAX) and Phoenix (PHX). The airport facilitates four runways, two of which are in excess of 10,000 feet that are designed to handle fully loaded 747-400F series aircraft, and fully stressed cargo apron and taxiway.

Another advantage to Yuma International is the existence of Foreign Trade Zone #219 serving the southwest region and Pacific Rim. Costs are low and the locatlity is right for fast movement of dry cargo as well as storage and movement of perishables.

Non-Governmental Utility Providers

 

Water Rights

Arizona leads the nation in water resource planning and water management efforts. Arizona's water supply comes from a triad of surface water retained in reservoirs, local ground aquifers and Colorado River water. The Central Arizona Project is Arizona's primary source for water supply augmentation, making vast amounts of water available to Arizona companies and communities.

The City of Yuma has a water allocation of 50,000 acre feet from the Colorado River, while Yuma County receives 1.3 million acre feet in total. Recenlty, the City entered into two landmark agreements with local water districts and the Bureau of Reclamation:

• Convert agricultural allocations to municipal and industrial uses; and
• Receive return flow credits

According to the new agreement, the City of Yuma has capacity to deliver over 49 million gallons per day. The new Agua Viva Water Treatment Facility located at Ave 9E will have a maximum capacity of 33 million gallons per day. Yuma's access to the Colorado River is a great asset to the desert community.

Electric Power

As the Yuma area continues to grow at a rate five times the national average, APS is meeting customer needs with expanded energy generation and delivery. This year, APS will invest about $8 million in system improvements to its transmission and distribution lines in the Yuma area. From 2007 to 2015, APS will invest even more, with $240 million in improvements planned for Yuma.

Natural Gas

Southwest Gas Corporation has been providing natural gas and energy services to the people of Arizona for over 40 years. The company has been serving Yuma County since 1984 and now has over 18,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the county alone. Along with distribution and delivery of natural gas to its customers, the company provides Technical Consulting Services which includes energy expertise in air conditioning, alternative energy forms, cogeneration, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, gas air conditioning, and industrial process heating. Southwest Gas Corporation has been the nation's fastest growing natural gas distribution company for eight consecutive years.

Telecommunications & Cable Services

Since 1995, Qwest has spent nearly $3 billion to build and upgrade a state-of-the-art communications network in Arizona, raising the sum of our gross investment in Arizona's infrastructure to almost $6 billion. With more than 8,500 employees in the state, Qwest's Arizona payroll exceeds $400 million annually. We pay nearly $140 million a year in state and local taxes and collect another $102 million in taxes from our Arizona customers. In 1999 alone, Qwest made purchases from Arizona vendors worth more than $188 million.