Navajo Nation Declares State of Emergency

The Navajo Nation is facing such severe water shortages due to frozen waterlines, run-down water storage containers and weather-damaged water systems that President Ben Shelly has declared a state of emergency for the reservation.

He signed an emergency resolution on Friday January 25 after the Commission on Emergency Management passed it unanimously, according to a statement from the Navajo Nation.

Link to article from Indian Country Today:

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/mobile/2013/02/01/frozen-navajo-nation-declares-state-emergency-over-damage-induced-water-shortages-147421