Indian water rights

Via Brown + Caldwell's Texas Water News, Indian tribes are starting to realize the value of the water on their reservations, granted to them in 1908 but rarely used. As they exercise their rights, they take away water used by irrigators on their borders. This USA Today story is a little oblique, but the tribes are garnering considerable payments for use of their rights, while irrigators are often asking the government to pick up the increased cost of their dependence on water.

Update: WaterWired has more interesting things to say than I do.