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For years, the Navajo Nation has been locked in contentious negotiations with the state of Arizona over water. With unreliable groundwater in much of the state, tribes often have to turn to outside sources for water. And the drawn-out negotiations to get it have left wells and water tanks for tribal communities empty, farms and businesses delayed.