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