July, 1982
Arizona Water Resources,
vol.
82,
no.
3,
4
pp.,
Water Resources Research Center,
Tucson, AZ,
July, 1982
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.