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<br />WATER QUALITY
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<br />Isleta Pueblo. immediately south of Albu.
<br />querque, is concerned about water quality
<br />degradation. Meat packing and egg raising
<br />businesses, as well as wastewater treat.
<br />ment plants, upstream may pose health
<br />ha~rds and interfe~ with religious uses of
<br />the 'river.
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<br />Noma and Laguna Pueblos have experi~
<br />eneed contamination of flows in Rio San
<br />Jose, and suspected wastewater treatment
<br />effluent from City of G.rants. A lawsuit
<br />filed by the pueblos was recently settled.
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<br />Laguna Pueblo was the site oHhe Jackpile
<br />open pit uranium mine. Wolter ,n:cumu.'
<br />la,red after its dosing, raising fears of con-
<br />tamination. Negotiations between the
<br />Pueblo and the mining company have pro-
<br />duced a plan for f'('Clamation under tribal
<br />control.
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<br />San Juan, Santa Clara, N.a.mbe, Pojoaque.
<br />San lIdelonso Pueblos have concerns
<br />'about a regional sewage treatment facility
<br />proposed by the City of Espanola. A site
<br />for the plant h.4S not been selected, and the
<br />Put'blos fear contamination of the Rio
<br />Grande and its tributaries which would be
<br />carriersofthewa.stewater.
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<br />San Jldefonso Pueblo is protesting to
<br />Pdjoaque Pueblo's planned sewage lTeat~
<br />menl disposal into the Rio Tesuque which
<br />is d tributary of the.Riopojoaque. San
<br />lIdefonso's infiltration system for irrigation
<br />water 1s located on the Rio Pojoaque just
<br />before its confluence with the Rio Grande,
<br />The issue became more contcQversialwhen
<br />EPA issued a'permit for the disposal sys-
<br />tem, raising questions of jurisdiction on
<br />Indianland.'
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<br />Santa Clara has questions about contami-
<br />l1ation of groundwater from hazardous
<br />\i,.aste sites at the Los 'Alamos Scientific'
<br />Laboratory.
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<br />Tesuque Pueblo has discoVt"ced high levels
<br />of nitrates in its groundwater supply.
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<br />Sandia Pueblo fears that effluent from a
<br />new subdivision will affect water used by
<br />the tribe.
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<br />.ADJUDICATION
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<br />Jicarilla Apache Tribe opposes. any,'
<br />increased storage ofSanJuan.Chariia
<br />water by Albuquerque because it would
<br />mean il)cceased diversion of San Juan~
<br />\IioChama water out of theNavajo RiV!l':r,1Jle
<br />'Tribe wants to protectlnstream flows in Itl,e
<br />Navajo River.. which !Jows through TicadUil
<br />lands.
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<br />J~i~e:a~:tt>a:l.tt~S:to'wat~radjudil;ation
<br />:la\ysuifS,:trhesesu1f~navi:incre.;\sed ten~'
<br />sipri~..be.t~enJI1diarrand'npn:Indian
<br />wa~~r lJ$~1-sa(l,d a.re'cxp€~d to continue
<br />19,~,~anxy'ear~~);:vertually~,thwwillresult
<br />jrtjudiCiat~,~~es d~min.grightsfor thou~
<br />:'$<jnds,6fpeopJ~ in. the basin
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<br />'Jicuilla Apache Tribe opposes intreased)
<br />storage behind Abiquiu Dam spesiffcaIJY(;
<br />because it owns three miles>of the west'
<br />bimk of the Rio Chama bekiwEl Vado
<br />Reservoir. The tribe supports,etlott for
<br />wild and scenic designation of thatstrekh
<br />of the Rio Chama.
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<br />;ne,~!>:(je)lgnatifJllolthe,E~Malpais area
<br />W?St ()~the-f(l,rervaHoTL Th~ land and
<br />W;l~~r:~f(l:il'rlRqt;t,anttOt~e tribe forteli~
<br />@.lui_~~onSj_:-~nd:Pq~bl()Ie.<!ders fea.n;:d,
<br />th(ti~,~j$,ft_~tj.Qtl'wouldliUrtaccessibility
<br />an~,l?'r(v~~_of-tbean:a' The,PueQ}9
<br />w~nt&tto ~a~,.('?J:\trol:ofth€<!rea;.and
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