Some 10,000 households on the vast Navajo Nation, which covers 27,000 square miles in three states, are still without running water. Native American tribes hold some of the most senior water rights in the Colorado River Basin, but history has shown that having senior water rights and having water are two different realities.  The tribes, including the Ute Mountain Utes in southwest Colorado are fighting to gain their rights, in some places successfully, as the basin struggles with an epic megadrought and new federal calls to conserve massive amounts of water next year. (Video by Skyler Ballard & Mary Shinn)

Some 10,000 households on the vast Navajo Nation, which covers 27,000 square miles in three states, are still without running water. Native American tribes hold some of the most senior water rights in the Colorado River Basin, but history has shown that having senior water rights and having water are two different realities.  The tribes, including the Ute Mountain Utes in southwest Colorado are fighting to gain their rights, in some places successfully, as the basin struggles with an epic megadrought and new federal calls to conserve massive amounts of water next year. (Video by Skyler Ballard & Mary Shinn)