2024 Water Rights (Settlements, Treaty Rights, Water Quality) News Stories
Opposition surfaces as deadline nears to ratify tribal water settlement in Arizona (AZ Central) 12/10/2024
New Mexico representatives call on House to move forward on 6 tribal water rights settlements (Source NM) 12/3/2024
Hobbs signs largest tribal water rights agreement in US history (AZ Public Media) 11/20/2024
Navajo Nation prevails in US Court of Appeals affirmation of tribal sovereign immunity (Navajo Times) 11/17/2024
Navajo Nation advocates for urgent water rights legislation in Washington (Navajo Times) 11/14/2024
People - and salmon - return to restored Klamath to celebrate removal of 4 dams (USA Today) 11/5/2024
Rappahannock tribal constitution recognizes the rights of the Rappahannock River (Native News Online) 10/15/2024
Senate hearings support Navajo Nation water rights settlement (Navajo Times) 9/26/2024
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs takes up water rights at legislative hearing (Indianz) 9/24/2024
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
