Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - The Biden Administration will use $1.7 billion from the recently enacted Federal Infrastructure Bill to fund 16 tribal water rights settlements partly affecting Arizona.
The money will ensure that tribes get access to water they’ve been promised.
Access to reliable, clean water and basic sanitation facilities on tribal lands remains a challenge for hundreds of thousands of people.
The funding for settlements is part of about $11 billion from the infrastructure law headed to ...