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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />rights files in order to identify the transfers ennumerated above and to <br />record information about each transfer on the survey form which is attached. <br />At this writing, this .census' of transfers is only partially completed. The <br />team has provisionally completed a review of the files in District '1 <br />(Albuquerque) and is close to completion in pistrict '2 (Roswell) and in Santa <br />Fe, which handles all surface water rights transfers. Work has not yet begun <br />in District '3 (Deming)... <br /> <br />3. Uses of the Data in the Analysis of Issues <br /> <br />The most fundamental need is to produce an accurate description of the <br />transfer process from the above data and the data on transactions cost to be <br />gathered in the next phase of the, project. The water transfer process and its <br />associated market activity is at the forefront of current public debate in New <br />Mexico and much of the West as a whole. Yet, the data base on which informed <br />discussion should occur remains sketchy. <br /> <br />What is the volume of water that has been transferred from one use to <br />another? What proportion of the total volume of usable supply does this <br />transferred quantity represent? Is the proportion constant over various <br />basins or concentrated in urban areas? Is the amount of transfer activity <br />increasing with time, declining, relatively constant, or sporadic? These and <br />other questions relating to the seniority of ri9hts being transferred, the <br />level, components, and determinants of transactlons cost, and the pattern of <br />prices paid can be more fully and effectively answered from the comprehensive <br />data base under development. In addition, this data should inform public <br />discussion of major water issues facing the state, including debate over the <br />public welfare concept identified above. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />/", <br />""- <br />