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001976 Water Supplies and Allocations in District 014 Supplies Treaty Ground Water , Conveyance Losses Net Avail. Supply Quantitv (A YIYr.) 1,500,000 730,000 -645.085 1,584,915 Allocations Irrigation Mexicali M&I Tecate M&I Tijuana M&I Ensenada M&I San Luis Rio Colorado M&I Total Allocations 1 ,424,964 66,478 .2,675 64,857 7,297 18.646 1 ,584,915 PURCHASING AND TRANSFERRING WATER RIGHTS IN MEXICO Substantially all of the water available in District 014 is under the jurisdiction of CNA and defined as national waters.5 The Mexican government has been allocating rights for the use of national waters in District 014 since 1938. Under existing laws, a private party may acquire and transfer the right to use national waters. However, since a new law was enacted in 1992, there have been two parallel water right management systems. The rights to use national waters in District 014 can be held by private parties under either (1) concession titles or (2) irrigation rights ("derechos de riegd'). Both types of water rights are managed by the district and CNA charges user fees for any water distributed in the district, in accordance with a fee schedule set by the Federal Law of Fees. The rules for transferring water rights in District 014 vary depending on whether a water 'right is held as an irrigation right or under a concession title and the co-existence of both systems complicates but actually creates an integrated mechanism that allows the purchase of water rights in District 014 and transfer for ecological uses. Under the older Irrigation Rights System created in 1938,6 the federal government granted irrigation rights to farmers in District 014. These irrigation rights ar~linked to land and allocated based on the size of a particular parcel, according to ,5 Unless otherwise noted, all water rights referred to in this memorandum are water rights for the use of national waters in District 014. Under Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution, national waters are federal property and the Federal Government regulates their use. 6 Agreement on the Control and Organization of the Irrigation District for the Colorado River, in Baja California, dated December 5, 1938; and the regulations for the Irrigation District of the Colorado River, published in Mexico's Federal Register on July 24, 1964 (1964 Rules).