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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'::l. <br /> <br />and time to status will become more evident as the remainder of the applications <br />are acted upon by the State Engineer. <br /> <br />Status of items which the Utah Team is addressinR: in the Water <br />RiR:hts Transfer Study <br /> <br />The following is an updated 1ist of objectives to be covered as part of <br />the Utah study. A number of these categories already have been investigated to <br />some extent, and these are identified by a check mark. <br /> <br />1. The number of transfers as a function of time and space related to economic <br />activity and/or population. <br /> <br />2. Category of water rights involved in transfers. <br /> <br />3. Transaction costs for transfer: (will be studied in more depth as part of <br />a study by Herb Fullerton, an agricultural economist at USU.) <br />a. Search costs - finding in general, including brokers <br />b. Legal, engineering, etc. costs - including county and state agency <br />costs. <br />c. Distribution of the costs - buyer, seller, state. <br /> <br />4. The law (or legal) process associated with transfers, including new <br />legislation. <br /> <br />5. An evaluation of the incentives and impediments to water right transfers. <br /> <br />6. Review of the Indian water rights issues. <br /> <br />7. Review of exchanges. Definitions of exchanges - look at various exchange <br />categories. <br /> <br />8. Analyze the market price of the water itself. (will be studied in more <br />depth as part of a study by Herb Fullerton, an agricultural economist at <br />USU.) <br /> <br />9. Study the impact of and regulations of subsidized water on the transfer <br />of water rights. <br /> <br />10. Transfers between users within water districts and private stock companies <br />- costs, frequencies, etc. <br /> <br />11. Review of specific case studies. <br /> <br />12. Transfers between surface and subsurface water <br /> <br />13. Groundwater transfers. <br /> <br />14. Interstate water transfers. <br /> <br />15 . Quali ty issues. <br /> <br />16. Measure the efficiency of the processing capability of the state engineers <br />office. <br /> <br />'1 <br />