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Tule River Tribe prepares for testimony before U.S. Senate

Posted by: Maven on July 11, 2009 at 9:57 am

From the Porterville Recorder:

Officials with the Tule River Indian Tribe are drafting testimony they hope to present to the U.S. Senate next month. It’s another step in a long effort to get a 5,000-acre-foot-a-year water source to the tribe. “We are excited,” said Alec Garfield, chairman of the Tule River Water Rights Negotiation Team.

The House on Tuesday approved the Tule River Tribe Water Development Act which gives the OK to begin a $3 million study for a potential Porterville-area reservoir. Now the bill must pass through the Senate.

The study is similar to feasibility studies done for dams that determine, among other criteria, what sites can hold the water’s weight, where endangered species live and how much building the reservoir will cost.

Once, and if, it is constructed, the reservoir would give the 1,500-member tribe a long-term water supply on its 58,000-acre reservation. They currently draw water from wells and from the south fork of the Tule River — where the reservoir could be built.

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July 11, 2009 · Filed Under Indian Water Rights, San Joaquin Valley

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