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Hualapai leader urges Senate to OK water plan, as wells fail in drought
https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2022/07/20/hualapai-leader-urges-senate-to-ok-water-plan-as-wells-fail-in-drought/




"Hualapai Chairman Damon Clarke told a Senate committee Wednesday that getting access to Colorado River water is “the only feasible solution” for his tribe, whose wells are failing under the stress of the continuing drought.

The Hualapai have been working for decades to expand their water rights, efforts that were often opposed by the Interior Department. But Jason Freihage, Interior’s deputy assistant secretary for management, told the committee Wednesday that the department is “pleased to support” the latest bill, which brought a fleeting smile to Clarke’s face.

The Hualapai “will help in any way we can to secure enactment of this critical legislation,” said Clarke, who called the bill “absolutely essential if our tribe is to attain a secure future on our reservation, to accommodate future growth of our population and to realize the full economic potential of our reservation.”

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