Tuesday Top of the Scroll: Tribes turn to Congress to seal $5B Colorado River settlement
Tribal leaders in the Colorado River Basin are urging Congress to quickly sign off on a $5 billion settlement that would cap four decades of negotiations and speed construction of a new pipeline to deliver water from Lake Powell to reservation lands. The Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement would ensure flows from the Colorado River, its tributaries and aquifers to the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe and San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.
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- KTAR – Phoenix: $19M in federally funded water infrastructure projects set to begin in Arizona