July 01, 1982
Arizona Water Resources
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82 vol.
,
no. 3
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4 pp.
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Water Resources Research Center
,
Tucson, AZ
The Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act was vetoed by President Reagan this past June, cancelling seven years of negotiations between the Papago Indian Tribe and a diverse array of competing water users. The President cited what he considered a serious flaw in the process: the federal government had not been a party to the negotiations, yet would bear most of the financial burden of the settlement.