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<br />j, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Other Purposes: <br />Joint Hydrographic Survey <br />Navajo Nation Water Development Trust Fund <br /> <br />N/A <br />N/A <br /> <br />$ 5.0 million <br />$ 50.0 million 6 <br /> <br />Dec. 2011 <br />Dec. 2016 <br /> <br />Notes: <br /> <br />Previous Acts of Congress authorized funding to construct the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project, <br />and there remains authorization for about $120 million within the existing cost ceiling for <br />construction of the Project. The construction costs of the Project to date have been non- <br />reimbursable. An additional $372.8 million, over and above the currently authorized cost ceiling for <br />the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project, now is estimated to be needed to complete construction of the <br />Project and refurbish existing on-farm facilities on the Project. Under the Settlement Agreement, <br />fimrlil1g-foiconstruction on the Project wQJJ.hlruifhe-.a.part of the...settiement an4 wouldcontinlle_ to <br />be sought through separate authorizations and appropriations. Also, the United States would <br />continue to pay the operation and maintenance costs for the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project, as it <br />does currently, until ownership of the Project facilities is transferred to the Navajo Nation. <br />Completion of construction of the Project would be accomplished in accordance with the authorizing <br />legislation for the Project. <br /> <br />2 The Navajo Nation would pay the operation and maintenance costs of the Navajo-Gallup Water <br />Supply Project and the Animas-La Plata Project that are allocable to the Navajo Nation. The City of . <br />Gallup and the Jicarilla Apache Nation would pay the operation and maintenance costs of the <br />Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project allocable to them. The total population within the service area <br />of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, the Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline and the <br />conjunctive use ground water wells is projected to be about 250,000 people by the year 2040, of <br />which over 80 percent will be members of the Navajo Nation. The City of Gallup's population is <br />anticipated to grow from approximately 20,000 today to almost 50,000 by 2040. <br /> <br />3 The total construction cost for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project is estimated to be $589.6 <br />million, and the State of New Mexico would contribute $25 million in cost-share funding towards <br />construction of the Project. The City of Gallup and the Jicarilla Apache Nation would be required to <br />repay portions of the construction costs ofthe Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project that are allocable <br />to each, which costs are estimated to be $110.5 million and $21.4 million, respectively, based on <br />their ability to pay. The construction costs allocable to the Navajo Nation, which are estimated to be <br />$457.7 million, would be non-reimbursable to the Nation. Funds expended by the City of Gallup <br />and the State of New Mexico prior to authorization of the Project for enhancement and expansion of <br />the regional water supply distribution system in and around Gallup, currently anticipated to be as <br />much as $5 million, would be in addition to the State's cost-share amount and would be credited <br />towards Gallup's repayment requirement. Use of Gallup's water supply infrastructure to assist in <br />delivering water to surrounding Navajo communities minimizes the amount and cost of works <br />needed to seNe water to these communities. <br /> <br />4 The Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000 authorized funding to construct the <br />Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline. The current cost estimate to construct the Pipeline is about $47 . <br /> <br />7 <br />