Navajo Nation Basin Transfer Issues Stanley M
Navajo Nation Basin Transfer IssuesStanley M. Pollack Navajo Nation Department of Justice Dinetah Lands Within Four Sacred Mountains 1868 Reservation Established Creation of the States Basin Boundaries Created (1922)
Lee Ferry Navajo Reservation is almost entirely within Colorado River Basin.
Upper & Lower Basins Three States: Arizona New Mexico Utah Basin Map courtesy of Bureau of Reclamation 1922 Compact Colorado River Basin means all of the drainage area of the Colorado River System and all other territory within the United States of America to which the waters of the Colorado River System shall be beneficially applied. Upper Basin means those parts of the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming within and from which waters naturally drain into the Colorado River System above Lee Ferry, and also all parts of said States located without the drainage area of the Colorado River System which are now or shall hereafter be beneficially served by waters diverted from the System above Lee Ferry. Lower Basin means those parts of the States of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah within and from which waters naturally drain into the Colorado River System below Lee Ferry, and also all parts of said States located without the drainage area of the Colorado River System which are now or shall hereafter be beneficially served by waters diverted from the System below Lee Ferry. Navajo Nation & the San Juan River Basin in New Mexico Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project
NEW MEXICO Upper Basin Lower Basin Rio Grande Basin ARIZONA Lower Basin P.L , Section 10603 Authorizes delivery of water from Upper Basin to Lower Basinin New Mexico and charged against New Mexicos consumptive use. Authorizes delivery of water from Upper Basin in New Mexico to Lower Basin in Arizona. 6,411 afy for Window Rock WE HAVE THE WATER
6,411 afy was reserved in AWSA (2004) WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE NGWSP authorized in P.L (2009) WE HAVE THE NEED - Supplies are limited; people are hauling water Western Navajo Pipeline
Upper Basin diversion todeliver water to Navajocommunities in the Upper andLower Basins (and to Hopivillages) Utah Navajo Water Rights Settlement
Right to deplete 81,500 AFY of surface & ground water Rights may be used only in Utah Sweetwater Pipeline is preferred alternative to deliver water toNavajo communities in the eastern portion of the reservation inUtah. Free the Navajo 6,411 !!! Ah hee