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This year marks 51 years of ongoing stream adjudication litigation in the state. Arizona has two pending general stream adjudications: the Gila River Adjudication and the Little Colorado River Adjudication. Stream adjudications are massive, complex court cases that determine the rights and priorities of surface water uses. About 80,000 claims have been filed in Arizona's adjudications. This WRRC Water Webinar will provide an overview of the purpose of general stream adjudications, the history of Arizona's stream adjudications, and updates on the current status of the Gila River Adjudication and the Little Colorado River Adjudication.
Jennifer Wendel manages the Arizona Adjudications Project within the Natural Resource Use and Management Clinic at the College of Law. Before joining the clinic, she worked as an Attorney-Advisor for the Office of the Solicitor, Department of the Interior, representing agencies like the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Land Management, and the National Park Service in land, environmental, and water matters. Prior to that, Wendel worked with the Idaho Attorney General’s Office representing the Idaho Department of Water Resources in the state’s general stream adjudications.