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The Elephant on the Banks of the Colorado River

Competition for Colorado River water is fierce and, according to the guiding legal principle of prior rights, the tribes have the oldest rights and therefore should have adequate allotments. In fact, they don’t, and the worst off is the Navajo Nation, …

Competition for Colorado River water is fierce and, according to the guiding legal principle of prior rights, the tribes have the oldest rights and therefore should have adequate allotments. In fact, they don’t, and the worst off is the Navajo Nation, whose average per capita water consumption is 7-10 gallons per day, compared with the national average of 88, the New Mexico average of 81, Utah’s of 169, and Arizona of 146 gallons per day, according to an amicus brief by DigDeep Right to Water Project. More

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