2024 Water Rights (Settlements, Treaty Rights, Water Quality) News Stories


What tribal leaders think about Interior’s dams report (High Country News) 9/1/2024

San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe awaits Congress approval for historic water rights settlement (Navajo Times) 8/29/2024

San Carlos Apache Tribe agrees to bring water, wastewater systems into EPA compliance (Gila Valley Central) 8/27/2024

In long-sought change, states must consider tribal rights when crafting water rules (Stateline) 7/25/2024

12 Tribes and pueblos in New Mexico could benefit from pending water rights settlements (New Mexico Political Report) 7/24/2024

Arizona Tribe leaders sign historic $5 billion water rights agreement (KOLD News Tucson) 7/17/2024

Water-rich Gila River Tribe near Phoenix flexes its political muscles in a drying West (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 7/16/2024

New legislation would ratify Colorado River water settlements for three AZ Tribes (AZ Mirror) 7/9/2024

Yavapai-Apache Nation reaches water settlement after change in state policy (AZ Central) 7/2/2024

Tribes move to defend EPA’s Tribal Water Rights rule (Wis Politics) 7/1/2024

Water-rich Gila River Tribe near Phoenix flexes its political muscles in a drying West (Hanford Sentinel) 6/26/2024

EPA expands role of Tribal rights in setting water quality standards (The National Law Review) 5/31/2024

Potato grower asks court to stop Minnesota Tribe from regulating its water use (Star Tribune) 5/27/2024

Tribes say their future is at stake as they push for Congress to consider Colorado River settlement (ABC News) 5/24/2024

Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard? (Grist) 5/15/2024

Proposed settlement is first step in securing Colorado River water for 3 Native American Tribes (Sentinel Colorado) 5/14/2024

Undamming the Klamath (ICT) 5/2/2024

‘If you are not at the table, you are on the menu:’ Tribes submit ideas to manage Colorado River (Aspen Public Radio) 5/2/2024

Sweeping Colorado River settlement will bring water, equity to Navajo communities (AZ Central) 5/1/2024

Water rights agreement with Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona signed (Native News Online) 4/26/2024

New interagency agreement supports water Tribal water and sanitation projects (Native News Online) 4/23/2024

State water funding includes first tribal agreement (The Bismarck Tribune) 4/18/2024

North Dakota State Water Commission funding includes first Tribal agreement (The Bismarck Tribune) 4/16/2024

Landmark deal offers Upper Basin Tribes a long-awaited foothold in Colorado River discussions (The Colorado Sun) 3/5/2024

Navajo Nation nears deal for Arizona water rights on Colorado, Little Colorado rivers (AZ Central) 3/1/2024

Tribal nations often can’t access their own water. A new Colorado institute wants to help (GazetteXtra) 2/7/2024


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