Mayor Becky Daggett | City of Flagstaff
Mayor Becky Daggett | City of Flagstaff
On Tuesday, July 2, the Flagstaff City Council passed a resolution to approve the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024. This historic agreement ends years of costly and protracted litigation over surface water and groundwater rights claims by the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and the United States. The parties to the Settlement Agreement confirm certain water rights of the City of Flagstaff and other towns and communities, the Salt River Project, the Central Arizona Water Conservation District, Arizona Public Service, various irrigation districts, ranching operations, and other parties.
The Settlement Agreement is circulating through 39 parties for approval and has already been approved by the Councils of the Indigenous Nations and Tribes involved. It will then be brought before the United States Congress for approval and funding of Tribal water supply projects. In a letter of support for the proposed settlement legislation, Mayor Becky Daggett emphasized “a critical need for regional water supply projects in northeastern Arizona, not only for the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe but also for the City of Flagstaff.”
For questions about the Settlement Agreement, please contact Sterling Solomon, City Attorney at ssolomon@flagstaffaz.gov.
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