The federal government and the White Mountain Apache Tribe
signed a water agreement yesterday (Tuesday).
Cronkite News Service says the deal ends decades of legal
fighting over rights to water from the Little Colorado and Gila Rivers by
allocating about 23,000 acre-feet of water from the Central Arizona Project to
the tribe each year.
The deal also includes $200 million for construction of a
new water system for the tribe and an additional $78 million for fish
production, lakes, irrigation and other water projects.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says the deal ensures that
both the White Mountain Apache Tribe and Phoenix residents have a water supply
for the “next 100 years.”
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