Utah and the Navajo Nation have finalized a landmark water rights agreement. A state judge signed an interlocutory decree late last month to formally transfer annual water rights totaling 81,500 acre-feet of water to the Navajo Nation,

The Navajo Nation has separate agreements with the federal government.

The Utah Seventh Judicial District Court on Jan. 31 determined and adjudicated all Navajo Nation rights to the use of surface and underground water in the state and fully incorporated the Navajo Nation/State of Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement.