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Confederated Tribes Of The Warm Springs Reservation Water Rights Settlement Agreement, Confederated Tribes Of The Warm Springs Reservation Et Al
Confederated Tribes Of The Warm Springs Reservation Water Rights Settlement Agreement, Confederated Tribes Of The Warm Springs Reservation Et Al
Native American Water Rights Settlement Project
Reservation, and long-term cooperative management of the waters. The Tribes shall not convert any existing non-consumptive use to a consumptive use. The Agreement designates the amounts of instream flows and diverted water for the Tribes. The Tribes have the first priority for their Tribal Reserved Water Right; however, existing State law water rights will not be curtailed in favor of the Tribal Reserved water right. The water right may be obtained from surface or groundwater. A part of the Tribal Reserved Water Right may be used off reservation, subject to federal, state and Tribal Law. While used on Reservation the …