“Do your job”: Colorado lawmakers tell Congress to fund water repairs
Colorado lawmakers say they want Congress to do its job and fund repairs to a deteriorating irrigation system in southwestern Colorado. The irrigation system, called the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project, is one of 16 federal projects in the West that have fallen into disrepair. The maintenance backlog is extensive and would cost more than $2.3 billion to address. … Southern Ute representatives focused on the Indian Irrigation Fund during Colorado River Drought Task Force meetings in 2023.
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