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Utah’s growing fast, and that’s having a big domino effect on housing development and farming. But it could also lead to a silver lining for the state’s water supply.
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The seven states that share the shrinking river are deeply divided about new rules for its future. They met in Las Vegas for the annual Colorado River Water Users Association, or CRWUA, conference.
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Biden's Interior Department released four proposals for managing the river in an apparent attempt to nudge the states toward agreement.
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Water managers across the West say they do not expect a new Trump administration will alter post-2026 Colorado River talks.
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Navajo family farms once lined the San Juan River in southeast Utah, but many have fallen idle. A water rights settlement with Utah has given some Navajo residents hope those farms can return.
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Engineering hurdles, high costs and political challenges stand in the way of an easy fix to the West's water shortages.
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The federal government is expected to announce water cuts soon that would affect some of the 40 million people reliant on the Colorado River.
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Supporters say it would provide more certainty for water users as the Colorado River continues to get stretched. Sen. Mark Kelly said it's a historic step in resolving what has been a decades-long dispute over water supplies.
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Thanks to rights to more than 650,000 acre-feet of water, the tribe, and its leader Stephen Roe Lewis, are a power player in a parched region.
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Navajo officials are celebrating the signing of legislation outlining a proposed water rights settlement that will ensure supply from the Colorado River and other sources for three Native American tribes and more security for drought-stricken Arizona.
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The tribe has one of the largest single outstanding claims in the Colorado River basin, and Thursday's vote marks one of many approvals needed to finalize a deal that has been years in the making.
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A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes in Arizona has taken a significant step forward with an introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. It's the first of many approvals needed to finalize a deal decades in the making.