United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-06-05 monographic deposited born digital 24 p. GA 1.13:RCED-95-102 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-102 P0b002ee18039e8f0 f:rc95102 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-102 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-102 RCED-95-102 Water rights Federal procurement Water resources development Indian affairs legislation Claims settlement Delinquent loans Farm credit Water supply management Construction costs Contract costs Central Arizona Project (AZ) Colorado River Harquahala Valley (AZ) Letter Report RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on how the Harquahala Valley Irrigation District became a source of water for the Fort McDowell Indian Community, focusing on the: (1) federal government's costs to acquire the water; (2) benefits accrued to the parties involved in the acquisition; and (3) status of Department of Agriculture loans made to Harquahala landowners.<p/>GAO found that: (1) economic conditions in the late 1980s led Harquahala landowners to sell their land and associated water rights, while the Central Arizona Water Conservation District and the federal government were seeking water to settle long-standing water rights claims; (2) the Harquahala water acquisition will cost the federal government $87.6 million to $124 million in forgone receipts over the project's 55-year repayment period, which includes the elimination of the Harquahala District's debt for its water distribution system and project construction costs; (3) the federal government settled the Community's Indian water claims, the Indian community obtained a firm water supply, the irrigation district reduced its repayments for project construction, and the Harquahala landowners received cash and debt relief from the sale of their water rights as a result of the water acquisition; (4) the Department of the Interior failed to adequately protect the federal government's interest with respect to federal farm loans held by Harquahala landowners; and (5) although 7 Harquahala borrowers were eligible to receive $4.5 million from the water rights sale, these borrowers had delinquencies of $3.9 million in outstanding loans. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-102/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-102.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-102/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-102.pdf GAO/RCED-95-102 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-102 Letter Report GAO/RCED-95-102; Central Arizona Project: Costs and Benefits of Acquiring the Harquahala Water Entitlement; Water rights Federal procurement Water resources development Indian affairs legislation Claims settlement Delinquent loans Farm credit Water supply management Construction costs Contract costs Central Arizona Project (AZ) Colorado River Harquahala Valley (AZ) Public Law 90-537 Public Law 101-628