St. George • Like every development pitched for drought-prone Washington County, the major concern to surface about a proposal to build a large sports and cultural complex on tribal land west of St. George is summed up with one word: water.

Some locals living near the Shivwits Band of Paiutes reservation fret there might not be enough water on tap to accommodate a resort-like complex, including multiple golf courses, which band leaders and Reef Capital are exploring putting on 1,250 acres of tribal land.

The payoff to the Shivwits from such a resort, according to a document mistakenly placed on the band’s website, could be as much as $149 million. That windfall would be derived from leasing land and water to Reef Capital, the developer of $2 billion Black Desert Resort in Ivins, for

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