Utah, Navajo Nation finalize landmark water rights deal

Utah, Navajo Nation finalize landmark water rights deal
The Navajo Nation — located within parts of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico — has long fought for water access, especially since it was excluded from the Colorado River Compact in 1922. Over a century later, only about half of the homes of the now 6,000 members on the Utah portion of the reservation have running water and indoor plumbing.
Utah officially recognizes Navajo Nation's water rights
The Navajo Nation has separate agreements with the federal government.
Utah Seventh Judicial District Court decree adjudicates Navajo water rights
The Utah Seventh Judicial District Court on Jan. 31 determined and adjudicated all Navajo Nation rights to the use of surface and underground water in the state and fully incorporated the Navajo Nation/State of Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement.
Federal District Court Rules in Favor of Navajo/Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement
On January 31, 2025, the Utah Seventh Judicial District Court finalized the adjudication of all Navajo Nation rights to surface and groundwater use within the state, fully integrating the Navajo Nation / State of Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement.
Utah and Navajo Nation celebrate landmark water rights deal
The State of Utah and the Navajo Nation are celebrating the finalizing of a landmark water rights deal to help get running water to Navajo families without it.
As uranium ore ships across the Navajo Nation, an agreement faces scrutiny
Pinyon Plain Mine near the Grand Canyon to the White Mesa Mill in southern Utah on Wednesday morning after reaching an ...
Energy Fuels could begin shipping uranium ore across Navajo Nation as early as Wednesday
An agreement between Energy Fuels and the Navajo Nation includes limits on days and times uranium ore can be transported.
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Utah was the last state to allow Native Americans to vote. Ending vote by mail will take that right away, advocates say.
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Uranium ore shipments will resume after Navajo Nation, Energy Fuels reach agreement
The agreement that will allow the mining company to ship ore from its mine near the Grand Canyon to a mill in Utah.
Navajo Nation sues feds over orders to block oil and gas drilling near Chaco Canyon
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Uranium transport to Utah across the Navajo Nation will resume after agreement struck with tribe
In July 2024, Energy Fuels sent two trucks carrying uranium ore from Arizona to Utah across Navajo land. At the time, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren said he wasn’t notified of the ...