http://www.blackmesais.org/mohave_future11.05.htmThe two tribes say the underground aquifer source of the water Peabody
is now using needs to be preserved for their drinking supply. An
alternate aquifer -- also under land owned by the tribes -- can be
used, but a 100-mile pipeline will have to be constructed.
Taylor of the Hopi tribe said So Cal Ed has agreed to pay $200 million
to build the new pipeline, but company officials declined to confirm
that.
Taylor said the Hopi can agree to allow Peabody to use the current
water source until the new pipeline is built.
Clark said the owners of Mohave "have had six years" to renegotiate
water and coal rights with the Navajo and the Hopi and with Peabody.
The coal and water rights agreements were set to expire at the end of
2005 long before the environmental groups filed suit against Mohave's
owners in 1997, Clark said.