… On January 31, 2025, the Utah Seventh Judicial District Court finalized the adjudication of all Navajo Nation rights to surface and groundwater use within the state, fully integrating the Navajo Nation / State of Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement. … The Navajo-Utah Water Rights Settlement Act allocates $210,400,000 for water infrastructure development. Nearly half of the households in (the Navajo Utah region) lack access to clean drinking water and must transport water over long distances, while the other half have running water and indoor sanitation facilities.

Other Colorado River Basin news:

• The Post Independent (Glenwood Springs, Colo.): Can planes and laser beams help Colorado better understand its water supply?
• The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah): Colorado River forecasters see hope on the horizon despite declines in snowpack and snowfall
• The Aspen Times (Colo.): Colorado Parks and Wildlife girds against the threat of another, more dangerous, invasive aquatic species
• Aspen Journalism (Colo.): Colorado lawmakers take aim at turf — again 
• SanTan Sun News (Chandler, Ariz.): Chandler girds for potential water cuts
• The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.): Guest opinion: Future water supply depends on diversification, collaboration
• The Denver Post: Despite Trump’s anti-public lands stance, Colorado advocates still hope to protect Dolores River canyonlands