Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren was in Washington to testify in support of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2023.
By Lillie Boudreaux Cronkite News Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren asked senators Wednesday for more funding, and time, for a pipeline project that would create a reliable water supply for 250,000 people across Arizona and New Mexico.
Nygren was there to testify in support of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2023, which would amend a 2009 bill that created the framework and identified the funding for the water project. “Initially, when this project was talked about in 2009, it was at a certain dollar amount, but since costs of construction and inflation and all sorts of stuff has happened since 2009, the cost is a lot more expensive,” Nygren said. “If they can fund it, it’ll help a lot of people.”
“Once completed, the project will help close this water gap and provide a more sustainable supply that will improve public health and economic opportunities for the region,” Luján said in opening remarks to the hearing. The areas that would be served by the project currently rely on poor-quality groundwater, that is depleting rapidly, with residents often forced to haul water from nearby cities. As the region’s drought worsens and groundwater levels drop, the need for a reliable water supply grows more dire.
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