A historic drought in the West is drying up water resources in the seven western U.S. states dependent on the Colorado River Basin. Now the Biden administration is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to try and conserve water from the Colorado River as its reservoirs continue to be depleted.

A Native American tribe in Arizona reached a deal with the U.S. government to not use some of its Colorado River water rights in exchange for $150 million to build a pipeline. That pipeline will serve as a resource to reuse water on its land.

The White House is investing an overall $343 million into projects meant to enhance tribal water resources and reduce water demand.