Survey work began on the $870 million Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project in New Mexico.

The pipeline is a component of the Navajo Nation water rights settlement that President Barack Obama signed into law last year. The project will serve the Navajo Nation, the Jicarilla Apache Nation and the city of Gallup, New Mexico.

The Interior Department says the pipeline will bring water to 250,000 people on and off the reservation by the year 2040. Congress set a deadline for completion by December 31, 2024.

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Project brings water infrastructure to Navajo Nation, costs $870M (The Farmington Daily Times 3/23)

Relevant Documents:
President Obama Remarks | STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT | BACKGROUND ON THE OMNIBUS PUBLIC LANDS MANAGEMENT ACT BILL SIGNING | Secretary Ken Salazar Remarks

Omnibus Lands Bill:
H.R.146 | S.22

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