Expanded Partnership Between Metropolitan, Quechan Tribe Will Conserve Colorado River Water, Help Protect Lake Mead
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Thursday, December 16, 2021
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Everyone throughout the Lower Basin must work together to get through these challenges and ensure our communities have the water they need.
Key Points:
- Everyone throughout the Lower Basin must work together to get through these challenges and ensure our communities have the water they need.
- I want to thank the Quechan Tribe for their partnership and look forward to the benefits we will all see from this program.
- The 45,000-acre Quechan tribal lands lie along the Colorado River in southeast California and southwest Arizona.
- Of the payments made, 75 percent will go to farmers under individual agreements, while 25 percent will be paid to the Quechan Tribe.