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The Stream, February 13: Balancing the Needs of Water Stakeholders
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In his State of the Union address yesterday, President…
![Shiprock, New Mexico: The Navajo Nation — which spans a 70,000-square-kilometer stretch of mesa, sand, and canyons in parts of New Mexico, Utah, and northern Arizona — is the largest and, arguably, the driest American Indian reservation in the United States.](https://www.circleofblue.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mesa-590x250.jpg)
Racing an Arizona Senator’s Retirement, Dry Navajo Nation Draws Closer to Securing More Water
The largest reservation in the U.S. has one of the nation's highest poverty rates — more than 40 percent — and very little water infrastructure. Many residents pay nearly 50 times the municipal cost for water, which instead is delivered from a tank in the back of a truck, often resulting in water-borne intestinal illnesses.
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Water Scarcity Prompts Different Plans to Reckon With U.S. Energy Choke Point
Southeast could learn from Southwest