Walker River Paiute Tribe breaks ground on water infrastructure project
For more than a decade, the Walker River Paiute Tribe has been working to update their limited water infrastructure. On Sept. 15 they were finally able to break ground on a water looping system that will add nearly 1,600 linear feet of water lines to the reservation. Earlier this year the tribe was counting on a $20 million EPA grant to help build the water looping system. Then, in March President Trump’s administration suddenly and swiftly took it away. … The tribe had been saving funds, because their revenue is limited by lack of economic opportunity, says Walker River Paiute Tribe Chairwoman Melanie McFalls. The tribe will use three million dollars of that funding to pay for the water-looping project.
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