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The Future Course Of The Winters Doctrine, Richard B. Collins

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Ak-Chin Settlement Act Of 1984, United States 98th Congress

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Federal Legislation: Ak-Chin Water Use Act of 1984 (PL 98-530, 98 Stat. 2698) An Act to formalize 1983 in Principle for Revised Ak-Chin Water Settlement between Ak-Chin Indian Community and Department of Interior to revisions of July 28, 1978 (PL 95-328; 92 Stat. 409.) In exchange for USA delivering a permanent supply by January 1, 1988, Community released USA from its commitment to supply an interim supply and agreed to reduced deliveries of permanent supply under certain conditions (75,000 a/f on average but up to 85,000 in good years and low as 72,000 in bad ones). The Secretary will supply …

The Case For A Legislative Solution To Indian Water Claims, James M. Bush

The Federal Impact on State Water Rights (Summer Conference, June 11-13)

57 pages.

1983 Agreement In Principle To Revise Ak-Chin Water Settlement, Us Department Of The Interior, Ak-Chin Indian Community

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Agreement: An Agreement in Principle to Revise Ak-Chin 1978 Water Settlement (Sep. 23, 1983). An agreement for revising water settlement between the Ak-Chin and US to amend the 1978 Act (PL 95-328). The goal of the Agreement is to secure federal legislation to ratify a revised Settlement and provide authorization for appropriations to implement the Settlement. The Agreement provides 15M for an interim water supply replacing an earlier US commitment to develop a well field on nearby federal lands. Ak-Chin alone has the determination and responsibility for the use of these monies. The US will also provide a 3.5M grant …

Tohono O'Odham Water Rights Settlement Act Of 1982, Title Iii, United States 97th Congress

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Federal Legislation: Title III, Congressional Findings of A 1982 Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain modifications of the existing Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Shoshone project, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program, Wyoming, and for other purposes, PL 97-293, 96 Stat. 1261, 1274 (Oct. 12, 1982). The Bureau of Reclamation shall deliver 27,000 acre feet annually of agricultural water to the San Xavier Reservation and improve and expand the existing irrigation system. The Bureau shall deliver 10,800 acre feet annually of agricultural water to the Schuk Toak District and design and construct an irrigation system …

The Colorado River Compact: A Limit On Upper Basin Development: Outline, Charles J. Meyers

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

9 pages.

Contains references.

Supplemental materials. Includes extracts from Colorado River Basin Project Act and Colorado River Compact.

Water Resources Allocation: Reclaiming Municipal Wastewater For Agricultural Use: Outline, Robert C. Kerr

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

26 pages (includes illustrations).

Ute Indian Water Compact, Utah, Ute Indian Tribe Of The Uintah And Ouray Reservations, Us

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Settlement Agreement/State Legislation: Approval of Ute Indian Water Compact, Utah Code 73-21-1 (1980). Parties: Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservations, UT, and US. Unsigned. The purpose of this Compact is resolve the claims of the Ute Tribe over the quantification, distribution, and use of all waters claimed. The Compact apportions, confirms, and recognizes the rights of the Tribe from the waters apportioned to UT from the Colorado River System. The right of the Tribe and others includes the depletion in the amount of 248,943 acre-feet per annum, and the diversion requirement of 471,035 acre-feet per annum, from …

Ak-Chin Indian Water Rights Settlement Act Of 1978, United States 95th Congress

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Federal Legislation: Ak-Chin Indian Community Water Rights Act of 1978. (PL 95-328, 92 Stat. 409) This Act provides emergency irrigation water in face of a declining water table brought on by US failure to prevent mining of groundwater and to avoid litigation. The Ak-Chin has an agricultural based economy. The US will construct a well field and water delivery system from nearby Federal lands for 85,000 afa to meet Ak-Chin’s emergency irrigation needs. US will provide a permanent supply of water in a fixed amount by a date certain (Ak-Chin 1984 Amendment PL 98-530 sets Jan. 1, 1988 ) in …

Answer Of Intervening Defendant, The Navajo Nation, Navajo Nation

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Tribal Claims: Answer of Intervening Defendant, the Navajo Tribe. Parties: Navajo Nation Contents: Answer to Plaintiff’s Complaint, I – Answer to Plaintiff’s Complaint, p.1; II – Affirmative Defenses, p.3; III – Affirmative Claims, p.4; Request for an Order declaring that first, the US holds in trust for the Navajo Nation sufficient water rights to meet the present and future needs of the Navajo people for irrigation, domestic, industrial, aesthetic, recreational, and streamflow maintenance purposes. The Order should find that these rights are sourced in the surface water and the groundwater of the San Juan River system in New Mexico. The …