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<br /> <br />001581 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />publication of notice, opportunity for protest, and in the event of <br />protest, a hearing before the State Engineer. Appeal from the State <br />Engineer's decisions lies in the State District Courts. <br /> <br />Surface water rights initiated before 1907 and groundwater rights <br />initiated before declaration of a groundwater basin are recognized as <br />valid, but their nature, extent, and priority are not fully known <br />until they have been decreed in a general statutory adjudication suit. <br /> <br />The Navajo Darn and Reservoir Project was constructed on the San Juan <br />River in New Mexico as a unit of the Colorado River Storage Project. <br />One of its purposes is supplying water for the Navajo Indian Irrigation <br />Project. The Congress has approved three water supply contracts <br />totaling 64,250 acre-feet annual diversion between certain energy <br />companies and the Secretary of the Interior (P.L. 90-272) to be served <br />from Navajo Reservoir on the basis of the Secretary's determination <br />that at least 100,000 acre-feet annually would be available for <br />depletion under such contracts in New Mexico until at least the <br />year 2005. <br /> <br />Utah - The Upper Basin Compact of 1948 allots Utah 23 percent of the <br />Upper Basin allotment. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Most water rights in Utah are under a permit system issued by the State <br />Engineer. Rights to water used for beneficial purposes prior to 1903 <br />are recognized as valid. When an application for a water right is <br />filed, it obtains a priority date, even though the construction of the <br />project may not be completed for a number of years. Construction may <br />begin when the application is approved by the State Engineer. An <br />application is approved after publication of notice, opportunity to <br />protest, and a hearing before the State Engineer. The decision of the <br />State Engineer is reviewable de novo in the District Courts. The <br />District Courts of the state may adjudicate all rights in a drainage. <br />There are a number of outstanding approved applications for projects <br />involving electrical power, oil shale development, bituminous sand, <br />coal development, and other industrial uses. Many applications for <br />similar projects have been filed with the State Engineer's Office <br />which have not, as yet, been approved. In general, applications are <br />recognized as a property right which are capable of being transferred <br />in the open market, and the place of diversion, point of use, and use <br />may be changed. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Wyoming - The Upper Basin Compact of 1948 provides Wyoming 14 percent <br />of the amount allotted to the Upper Basin. <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />