Jeff Gruby
102:48 - 103:32
"A basin adjudication would be very disruptive. It would take decades to complete, result in waste of resources for everyone in the Coachella Valley, and build a contentious relationship among our neighbors."
“A basin adjudication would be very disruptive. It would take decades to complete, result in waste of resources for everyone in the Coachella Valley, and build a contentious relationship among our neighbors.”
- Speaker
- Jeff Gruby
- Timestamp
- 102:48 – 103:32
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- September 16, 2026
From the transcript
A basin adjudication would be very disruptive. It would take decades to complete, result in waste of resources for everyone in the Coachella Valley, and build a contentious relationship among our neighbors. It would also inevitably result in the tribe being quantified most of the groundwater in the basin, as we are the largest groundwater— largest landowners, and with the most senior water right based on the date of establishment of our reservation. This settlement is far less expensive, and it does not disturb or is not disruptive to the water districts or any of the ratepayers in the Coachella Valley. It also ensures that the tribe's benefits from having its water rights quantified and maintains the status quo for all valley residents.
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