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The Shoshone water rights purchase is both – and is essential to the health of the Colorado River and indeed to all Coloradans.
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Bill Ritter Jr., The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
In 2019, the Trump administration proposed a plan that would pump more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for farms—a plan welcomed by growers given California's long-standing water problems as the state battles for water rights and endures longer droughts.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Over the past three and a half years, the Biden administration has also provided funding for Indian water rights settlements, including a historic $5 billion settlement in July that included the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024
The engineer re-approved the water rights less than two months after the donation.
—Axios Salt Lake City, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
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Bill Ritter Jr., The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
In 2019, the Trump administration proposed a plan that would pump more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for farms—a plan welcomed by growers given California's long-standing water problems as the state battles for water rights and endures longer droughts.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Over the past three and a half years, the Biden administration has also provided funding for Indian water rights settlements, including a historic $5 billion settlement in July that included the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024
The engineer re-approved the water rights less than two months after the donation.
—Axios Salt Lake City, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Water right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20right. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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