… [The agreement] would resolve the Nation’s longstanding water rights claims and secure much-needed funding for regional water infrastructure projects. The Agreement includes federal funding for a number of projects benefitting the Nation’s members and potentially other local communities. The Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act, introduced last summer, proposed $1.039 billion in federal funding for the Tribe to build and maintain essential water infrastructure, including the Cragin-Verde Pipeline Project and the Yavapai-Apache Nation Drinking Water System Project, a water treatment facility and a treated water distribution system, together known as the Tú ńlįįníchoh Water Infrastructure Project or “TWIP”…