May 30, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice, two Arizona water districts and a Native American tribe want a federal judge to pause proceedings while they resolve claims alleging that groundwater with high salt content was illegally pumped into a canal used for tribal agricultural purposes, saying all had agreed upon terms pending certain federal government approvals.
November 18, 2020
An Arizona water district has asked a federal judge not to toss its counterclaim in the Ak-Chin Indian Community's water rights suit, saying the tribe waived its sovereign immunity by raising the issue of groundwater degradation at the heart of the counterclaim.
November 04, 2020
The Ak-Chin Indian Community has urged a federal judge to toss a counterclaim in the tribe's suit alleging two Arizona water districts violated federal law by pumping groundwater into the tribe's water used for farming, saying the tribe never waived its sovereign immunity to the claim.
September 15, 2020
An Arizona federal judge has refused to toss the Ak-Chin Indian Community's suit claiming two irrigation districts aren't providing the quality of water the tribe is guaranteed for farming on its reservation, while ruling the federal government must be joined as a defendant.