The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority says legislation to settle Navajo Nation claims over water in the San Juan River Basin raises concerns about the long-term availability of water from the San Juan-Chama Project. The Authority supports settling Navajo claims and strongly endorses the provision of drinking water under the Navajo-Gallup project, as it would reduce the risk of Navajo making potentially larger claims which most likely would affect the available water supply for non-Indian uses. However, the authority is concerned about the impacts of the settlement on the long-term availability of water from the San Juan-Chama project, and about certain sections of the legislation as it is written.

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