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<br />0676 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />The final step in i~proving the domestic water system is to <br /> <br /> <br />upgrade the source and treatment of domestic water to provide <br /> <br /> <br />high quality, good tasting water. Several alternatives have <br /> <br /> <br />been explored, and a recommendation will be made in the <br /> <br /> <br />next section of this plan. <br /> <br />Irrigation Water Development <br /> <br />1. A center pivot sprinkler, which will irrigate fifty (50) <br />acres near the large reservoir, has been installed under a <br />638 irrigation contract with the Bureau of Indian Affairs <br />(B. LA. ). <br /> <br />2. Under the same 638 contract, a sideroll sprinkler will be <br />installed this summer, expanding Mancos Farm by forty (40) <br />or fifty (50) acres. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3. The two sprinkler systems will be used as irrigation demonstration <br /> <br /> <br />projects operated by the Tribal Resources Department to gain <br /> <br /> <br />experience with sprinkler technologies, determine methods and <br /> <br />costs of land subjugation, as well as determine the productivity <br /> <br /> <br />and economic return that can be expected for various crops <br /> <br /> <br />under sprinkler irrigation. <br /> <br />4. Representatives of the Water Task Force and the Tribal Council <br />have visited a variety of tribal irrigation projects to look <br />at how other tribes have secured, developed and managed <br />irrigation water as well as on-farm production. So far, the <br />Navajo, Ak Chin, Gila River and Salt River Reservations have <br />been visited. Next spring, a trip is planned to the Colorado <br />River Tribes. Options studied have included tribal enterprise, <br />individual tribal farmers, and a variety of short and long-term <br />leasing programs, <br /> <br />5. Possibilities are also being explored to divert water from <br />Navajo Wash which can be used to develop additional irrigated <br />land and improve upon tribal claims on Navajo Wash, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-2- <br />