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.' . 8,5 Navajo Indian Irrigation Project I The NlIP was authorized by the Act of June 13, 1962, Pub. L. No. 87-483, 76 Stat. 96. Its purpose is to provide irrigation for \10,630 acres of land owned by the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico. Water is delivered from Navajo Dam through a series of tunnels, canals. and pipelines to the sprinkler ..........j-~__ .L.~. :_:__._ .L~ __~:_..I....__I 1__...1 TL_ ___:__. L____ _____..:__ =__ 1n""7/ __."d_ ~1. _ C".__.. _C l' Ll__I._ ".,".n"'llI.3 LUUl 11115UU" 1I1.... "61.....UILUIUI IUIIU. III.... I-'IUJ"....l u~oall vpIi;IaLlVII III 1"7 IV Willi LIlli;;; 111;)1 VI I I UIV'-''''''', It was scheduled for completion in 1986, but has been postponed because of funding delays. Construction of the project through Block 8, for a total of76,481 acres, will be completed by 2002. Completion through Block II for all 110,630 acres. requiring the use of 280,600 AF of San Juan River water, was cleared in 1999 with completion of a biological assessment and letter of concurrence from USFWS. Construction is expected to be completed by 2012. with irrigation of the entire 110,630 acres by 2022. Water use is expected to be reduced to 270,000 AF annually as return flows reach equilibrium. In addition, obstructions created by two diversion structures on the San Juan River will be removed. The Cudei diversion will be removed and the Hogback diversion is in the process of being rebuilt with fish passage to allow access to upper reaches of the San Juan River by the fish community, including endangered species. I I I I 8,6 JicariIla Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act I I' The Jicarilla Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992 provides the right for the Nation to divert 6,500 AF of San Juan Chama water from Heron Reservoir and the right to divert 33,500 AF (25,500 depletion) from Navajo Reservoir Supply, as defined in the Federal Contract, annually. The tribe can also market this water through third-party contracts outside their reservation, subject to approval of the Secretary of the Interior and requirements and conditions of state law, any applicable federal law, interstate compact, and international law as apply to the exercise of water rights held by non federal. non- Native American entities. The Jicarilla Apache Nation Water Subcontract is such a water subcontract. While this subcontract accounts for 16,200 AF depletion annually during the term of the Subcontract, the remainder is available to the Nation. I I 8.7 Navajo River Water Development Plan I One use that the Jicarilla Apache Nation may develop is the Navajo River Water Development Plan. This would use an existing diversion on the Navajo River to divert a maximum of 12,000 AF annually from the San Juan River Basin. The water would be transported by pipeline and pumping system to two existing reservoirs on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation. This project would enhance recreation and fisheries of the reservoirs and provide water for irrigation water for approximately 2,400 acres, with a consumptive use of 6,000 AF. I r 8.8 Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project I The proposed Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project would provide domestic, municipal, and industrial water to portions of the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona. including the reservation communities of fort Defiance and Window Rock, Arizona, and the nonreservation town of Gallup, New Mexico, and more than 20 Navajo chapters. Although funding for project construction is not currently authorized, feasibility studies for the project were authorized by Congress in 1971. The project would supply a safe, reliable, and sustainable municipal and domestic water supply to replace or augment existing groundwater supplies and provide water to some areas of the reservation which do not currently have a domestic water supply. Alternatives for the project are currently being identified and I I 48 00153'.1