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<br />acre-feet of water from the three rivers flowing through the Ute <br />Mountain Ute Indian Reservatian. The Southern Ute Indian Tribe <br />received the right to beneficially use 29,900 acre-feet of water <br />from ALP and over 10,000 acre-feet of water from various other <br />water sources serving the reservatian. In addition, both tribes <br />received underground water for individual domestic and livestock <br />uses, and current existing uses were pratected. <br />The tribes were also given the right to use their water <br />off-reservation. Within the State of Colorado this use was gov- <br />erned by state law. Outside the State of Colorado the use was <br />gaverned by law of the river. The Final Settlement Agreement was <br />silent, however, an the extent to which the law of the river <br />applied to tribal reserved water rights. Again the issue was <br />left for a future judicial determination. <br />Unfortunately, the signing of the Final Settlement Agree- <br />ment did not end the Colorado Ute Settlement process. Instead, <br />it merely provided the road map for the beginning of a new pro- <br />cess, directing the signatory parties in three different direc- <br />tions: to the United States Congress to obtain specific legis- <br />lative enactments, to the Colorado State Legislature to obtain <br />necessary state moneys, and to the state water court to obtain <br />final court decrees confirming the water rights of the tribes. <br /> <br />-10- <br />