Projecting Tribal Water Use

Basic Principles Source of Tribal Water Rights Reserved to Insure the Tribes Growth and Prosperity in their Permanent Tribal Homeland

Quantifying Tribal Water  Decrees  Settlements  Contract Rights  Treaties  Federal and Tribal Reserved Rights

Basis for Determining Amounts Practicably Irrigable Acreage Permanent Tribal Homeland

Factors to Consider in Assessing Future Tribal Water Rights Rights Quantified in Tribal Settlements Rights Not Quantified in Tribal Settlements

More Factors to Consider Tribes without Settlements Future Water Requirements to 2110

Current and Pending Adjudication Total over 2 Million Acre-Feet Not including Tribes with “Present and Perfected” but Unquantified Water Rights

In Addition Tribes without Full Settlements Future Uses to 2110

Still to Come Breakout of Amounts by Basins and Sub-Basins Estimates of Future Unquantified Water Requirements

Tribal Water Use