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Tri , ,s win new clout in Arizona <br />SUBSCRIBE NSW <br />81 S& <br />NEWS SPORTS MONEY ENTERTAINMENT FAMILIES HEALTH FOOD & HOME YES TRAVEL SHOP ESPANOL <br />World & Nation <br />the buzz <br />Weather <br />Education <br />Traffic Info <br />Crime Reports <br />Data Search <br />Police Scanners <br />Local News <br />- Ahwatukee <br />- Chandler <br />- Gilbert <br />- Glendale /Peoria <br />- Mesa <br />- Phoenix <br />- Scottsdale <br />- Sun Cities <br />- SW Valley <br />- Tempe <br />- iExtral <br />Photo Galleries <br />Video Gallery <br />News Multimedia <br />Web Cams <br />Editorials /Op -Ed <br />- Benson Cartoons <br />- Columnists <br />- Plugged In <br />Politics 2004 <br />- Presidential <br />- The Primaries <br />- Register to vote <br />Arizona Republic <br />- Print Edition <br />- Front Pages <br />Obituaries <br />E -mail Newsletters <br />Space.com <br />Special Reports <br />Border issues <br />Famous in AZ <br />AP en Espanol <br />- Estados Unidos <br />- Politica <br />- Latinoamerica <br />- Internacional <br />r-q Vi <br />All <br />• Advanced search, tips <br />• Archives (from 1999) <br />Print This I Email This I Most Popular I Subscribe I Larger Type I Smaller Type <br />Tribes win new clout in Arizona <br />Shaun McKinnon <br />The Arizona Republic <br />Jul. 25, 2004 12:00 AM <br />A persistent drought could siphon water from Phoenix and Tucson by early <br />next decade. <br />But the real threat to a full urban supply isn't the dry spell, it's an agreement <br />to hand over nearly 200,000 acre -feet of water from the Central Arizona <br />Project to Indian tribes that sued to claim ancestral righs. <br />Arizona officials signed the water deal with <br />the tribes last year after more than a decade <br />of negotiations. In all, Indian communities <br />would control more than 40 percent of the <br />flow in the CAP Canal, which delivers <br />Colorado River water to Phoenix and Tucson. <br />Congress is considering the proposal this <br />year. <br />Tribes are poised to wield more power on the <br />river in the coming years not only because of <br />the drought but because growing cities are <br />looking for additional water to meet demand. <br />In addition to the pending settlement, other <br />tribes, including the Navajo Nation, are <br />awaiting settlement decisions. <br />Related links <br />• Drought diminishes river <br />• Nature demands her share <br />• States deal for water <br />• Farmers fear dry future <br />• River's headwaters <br />determined by politicians, not <br />geography <br />• Once- vibrant river delta is a <br />low priority <br />• Tribes win new clout in <br />Arizona <br />• Editorial: Irrational rationing <br />• Our river, our future <br />• Take off blinders or face a <br />parched, dusty future <br />• Lack of cooperation will <br />That power could translate into higher water leave us high, dry <br />bills for Arizonans accustomed to a cheap 0 Scenes along the Colorado <br />resource. Although some of the water will be River <br />used to help communities restore long -idle ; Special report: Next West: <br />farms, tribes already are leasing water to Phenomenal growth' creating <br />cities for $1,000 per acre -foot or more. Those tough choices <br />cities now pay slightly more than $100 per <br />acre -foot from the CAP and less than $20 per acre -foot from Salt River <br />Project. <br />Drought adds yet another wrinkle. In a normal year, the loss of CAP water <br />for settlements wouldn't cut into what's available for cities. Ahead of them in <br />the line to take a hit are the Arizona Water Bank, which stores unused water <br />underground, and farmers in Maricopa and Pinal counties. <br />But the drought would change the equation. If storage along the Colorado <br />River continues to drop, the U.S. Department of the Interior could declare a <br />shortage. If that happens, the CAP could immediately lose as much as one - <br />third of its allotment. <br />The CAP carries a low- priority water right on the Colorado, a concession <br />Arizona made to get Congress to build the canal. <br />CAP officials believe they can meet the demands of existing customers even <br />without the cushion the water bank and the farmers provided. 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