Tribe, Interior Department Sign Groundwater Rights Settlement Agreement

Mealey's (December 7, 2017, 8:22 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians and the U.S. Department of the Interior on Nov. 29 signed the Pechanga Water Rights Settlement Agreement to protect the tribe’s access to groundwater and to provide it with more than $30 million for water storage projects, according to an Interior Department press release....