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<br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />miJIion. Ownership, maintenance and operation of the Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline would be <br />transferred to the Navajo Nation upon completion of Pipeline construction. Completion of <br />construction of Animas-La Plata Project facilities, including the Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline <br />and Ridges Basin Dam, would be accomplished in accordance with the authorizing legislation for <br />the Project. <br /> <br />5 The ground water wells to be developed would provide conjunctive ground water uses within the <br />service area of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project to help meet water needs of Navajo <br />communities in the San Juan, Little Colorado and Rio Grande basins and minimize the demand for <br />water from the San Juan River. <br /> <br />6 The funding for the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund would be <br />deposited over the course of ten years following the date of passage of the Settlement Act into law. <br />The Trust Fund would be used to investigate, construct, maintain and operate water facilities, and to <br />impIement:\IVJlteLCOI1seIYationmeasureundimpr=ments,JQrJhe Nll\l!ljQ NajiQILt~Ullak~ use_ Qf its <br />water rights under the Settlement Agreement. <br /> <br />The Upper Colorado River Basin Compact apportionment to New Mexico has been determined <br /> <br />to be at least 669,400 acre-feet of consumptive use, or depletion, annually. Of that amount, about <br /> <br />58,000 acre-feet is New Mexico's share of reservoir evaporation from Colorado River Storage Project <br /> <br />reservoirs (Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Curecanti Unit reservoirs and Lake Powell) that regulate flow for <br /> <br />the Upper Basin's delivery at Lee Ferry under the Colorado River Compact. Authorization and <br /> <br />completion of water projects as proposed in the Settlement Act would allow the State of New Mexico to <br /> <br />fully utilize the minimum apportionment available for uses within New Mexico, after deduction of New <br /> <br />Mexico's share of the Colorado River Storage Project reservoir evaporation consistent with Article V of <br /> <br />the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact. Under the Settlement Agreement, New Mexico's Compact <br /> <br />apportionment is respected and is allocated as follows, in percent of depletion: <br /> <br />User <br /> <br />Allocation <br /> <br />Notes <br /> <br />Navajo Nation <br />Jicarilla Apache Nation <br />San Juan-Chama Project <br />Power Plants <br />Non-Indian uses in San Juan Basin <br /> <br />56% <br />5% <br />17% <br />6% <br />16% <br /> <br />Irrigation and domestic uses <br />Most leased for power plants/municipal uses <br />Municipal/irrigation uses in Rio Grande Basin <br />Use 9% of total including lease with Jicarilla <br />Irrigation and municipal uses <br /> <br />8 <br />