Four Western States Block Historic Tribal Water Rights Settlement for Colorado River Access
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Mark Olalde, Alex Hager, and Sharon Chischilly
Summary
A historic water rights settlement — the largest tribal water rights deal in U.S. history — that would bring Colorado River water to the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, and San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe in northern Arizona (where a third of homes lack running water) is being blocked by Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. The four states oppose the deal because it would allow the Navajo and Hopi to lease water to downstream cities like Phoenix, complicating broader negotiations over how to divide the river's dwindling supplies.
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· 3 pulledThe largest tribal water rights settlement in U.S. history — the product of decades of negotiations to secure water for the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe and San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe — was on the verge of being realized before Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming stepped in to oppose it being codified by Congress.
A deal to bring Colorado River water to Native American communities in northern Arizona, where a third of homes lack running water, is being blocked by neighboring states, caught up in a broader battle over how to divide the dwindling river.
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