'Real water' from Navajo-Gallup project within reach, Bingaman told
U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman speaks with local officials at a site near Ya-Ta-Hey Monday morning. The site will be a pumping station for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, of which Bingaman was instrumental in making happen. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Brian Leddy

By Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau

GALLUP — “Real water for real people in real time.” It’s a phrase U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman helped coin several years ago in regard to the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, and Monday the senator was told that certain portions of the project could be online within two to three years, and in some cases, even sooner.

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