FILE - The Colorado River in the upper River Basin is seen, May 29, 2021, in Lees Ferry, Ariz. The Navajo Nation, a Native American tribe with one of the largest outstanding claims to water in the Colorado River basin, is closing in on a settlement with more than a dozen parties, putting it on a path to piping water to tens of thousands of tribal members in Arizona who still live without it. Negotiating terms outlined Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, include water rights not only for the Navajo Nation but the neighboring Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute tribes in the northeastern corner of the state. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
FILE - Raynelle Hoskie attaches a hose to a water pump to fill tanks in her truck outside a tribal office on the Navajo reservation, April 20, 2020, in Tuba City, Ariz. The Navajo Nation, a Native American tribe with one of the largest outstanding claims to water in the Colorado River basin, is closing in on a settlement with more than a dozen parties, putting it on a path to piping water to tens of thousands of tribal members in Arizona who still live without it. Negotiating terms outlined Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, include water rights not only for the Navajo Nation but the neighboring Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute tribes in the northeastern corner of the state. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
FILE - Low water levels at Wahweap Bay at Lake Powell along the Upper Colorado River Basin are seen, June 9, 2021, at the Utah and Arizona border at Wahweap, Ariz. A Native American tribe with one of the largest outstanding claims to water in the Colorado River basin is closing in on a settlement with more than a dozen parties Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, putting it on a path to piping water to tens of thousands of tribal members in Arizona who still live without it. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)