Sec. 8. Reserved water rights
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The Navajo Nation shall have the right to use water from water sources located within Utah and adjacent to or encompassed within the boundaries of the Reservation resulting in depletions not to exceed 81,500 acre-feet annually as described in the agreement. Any entitlement to water of any member or any allottee for lands within the Reservation or for any allotment shall be satisfied out of the Navajo Nation water rights recognized in the agreement and this Act. The water rights of the Navajo Nation and the allottees, all as described in the agreement and as adjudicated in the decree, shall be held in trust by the United States on behalf of the Navajo Nation and allottees, respectively.
The water rights of the Navajo Nation and the allottees, all as described in the agreement and adjudicated in the decree, shall not be subject to loss by non-use, forfeiture, abandonment, or other operation of law.