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A historic water rights settlement will finally bring water to the Navajo Nation

NPR

By David Condos

Published December 13, 2024 at 4:22 PM EST

A decade of effort to win more water from the Colorado River is finally paying for the Navajo Nation. The Infrastructure Act is funding new irrigated farms now that the desert tribe can legally pull water from the river.

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David Condos

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