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<br />001543 <br /> <br />tlt~~;~ <br /> <br />"A Survey of the Evolution of Western Wat,erLaw in Response ,to <br /> <br />$ <br /> <br />Changing Economic and Public Interest Demands," Natural Resources <br /> <br />Journal, Spring 1989, p. 372. <br /> <br />Then again in 1986 a survey of <br /> <br />Western State transfers showed that most States permit water <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />leasing and some States permit out of state transfers. And in 1986 <br />up to 300 transfers occurred in Colorado, Nevada and Utah and <br /> <br />prices ranged in the Colorado River Basin area from $30 an acre- <br />foot to $12,500 an acre-foot in New Mexico. Johnson and Dumars, <br /> <br />supra, at p. 373. <br /> <br />California actively promotes water marketing. <br /> <br />It is <br /> <br />established policy in California to facilitate the transfer of <br /> <br />water where consistent, with the public welfare of the place of <br /> <br />export and the place of import. See, California Water Code, S109 <br /> <br />(West 1971). Indeed, in 1992 Congress in the Omnibus Water Bill, <br /> <br />HR 429, authorized massive marketing of water from 'irrigated <br /> <br />agriculture in Northern California to both the San Francisco Bay <br /> <br />area and Southern California. Southern California hopes one day to <br />obtain in excess of 1,000,000 acre-feet of water from these <br />transfers. Congress provided'in the California 1992 transfer Act, <br /> <br />the following: <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />In order to assist California urban are3S, <br />agricultural water users and others in meeting <br />their future water needs, subject to the <br />conditions and requirements of this <br />subsection, all individuals or districts who <br />receive Centr3l Valley project water under <br />water service or repayment contracts, water <br />rights settlement contracts or exchange <br /> <br />17 <br />