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Right to Water (right-to-water@iatp.org) Posted: 06/08/2001 By radred@ix.netcom.com
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Subject: [NativeNews] Water Wars: Water rights scoop: Diné 'cheated, duped'
www.pechanga.net
Water rights scoop: Diné 'cheated, duped'
The following is the second in an ongoing series of Independent stories
examining the past, present and future disposition of Navajo water rights.
http://www.cia-g.com/~gallpind/todaysnews.html#anchor8
Larry Di Giovanni
Staff Writer
WINDOW ROCK — Due to past inaction, the Navajo Nation may be facing its
greatest battle for its most precious natural resource over the next 10
to 20 years:
the right to a perpetual claim involving potentially billions of
dollars' worth of
water from the Colorado and San Juan Rivers.
No government state, tribal, county or municipal can achieve growth without
water, and lots of it.
In the West, a water dearth leaves some people thirsting for their fair
share, as
lands including those on the Navajo reservation lay barren, starved of a
legitimate
chance for development.
Nearly half of all Navajos are forced to haul their water, living on as
little as 10
gallons per day, per family. Colorado River-fed families in Phoenix use
250 gallons
per day, per person...
Related "water wars" :
http://www.escribe.com/culture/native_news/search.html?query=water+wars
CALIFORNIA WATER LAW: SELECTED CASES
http://ceres.ca.gov/theme/env_law/water_law/cases/
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