Navajo water project promises to deliver in two years

More than 10,000 Navajo citizens are expected to get access to running water within two years following dedication Monday of the Eastern Navajo Waterline Project. The dedication ceremony, held in the Counselor Chapter, kicked off a $29 million project that will cross four counties and eight chapters. For some residents, the wait for running water has lasted more than four decades, Counselor Chapter President Samuel Sage said. "This has been talked about since the '60's and '70's," he said. "We grew up listening to the elderlies talking about it, and finally, finally, an agreement came." The four-phase project is part of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act signed into law by President Barack Obama in April 2009. The act authorizes the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to construct the $870 million Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, of which the Eastern Navajo Waterline Project is a segment...more