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The court found that the federal government isn't responsible for securing that water for the 170,000 tribal members who live there.
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Cities, irrigation districts and Native American tribes in California, Arizona and Nevada will receive federal funding in exchange for temporarily using less water, but officials did not say how much funding individual users in the states would get.
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Two classrooms in Colorado are learning about water by connecting pen pals between Basalt and Aurora.
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It was "water week" at the Utah Legislature! Last year, we powered through the lawmaker-declared "year of water." How'd we do this year?
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The Biden administration on Thursday said 15 Native American tribes will get a total of $580 million this year to fund settlements that ensure access to water that's legally theirs.
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The case dates back to 2003, when the Navajo Nation sued, alleging that the federal government in its Colorado River projects had failed to consider or protect water rights of the tribe.
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If the river were to become unusable, Southern California would lose a third of its water supply and vast swaths of farmland in the state’s southeastern desert would go unplanted.
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Currently, there are about 40 different distribution systems throughout the state that are monitored by individual water commissioners.
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An Estonian oil company, Enefit, initially bought the water right to build a commercial oil shale mine and processing plant in the Uinta Basin near Vernal.
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Groups in Iron County and Washington County claim there’s unallocated water in underground aquifers, and they’re asking the state for those rights.
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The latest Utah news for Wednesday evening, April 27, 2022.
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The conservancy district said they need to explore additional sources of water, as the population in Washington County rapidly grows.