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<br /> <br />shortly rollowed by the construction of si~ other small <br /> <br /> <br />ditches in New Mexico and four other small ditches in <br /> <br />Colorado. As a resuJ. t of this early d1tch cons'truction <br />there are, therefore, the rollowing groups of ditches: <br />;Large Ditchel <br />,AcequiaMadre. waterir~ lands in both states. <br />Manzanares, watering lands mostly in Colorado. <br />tl.adrlles, watering lands entirely in Ci>lorlldo. <br /> <br />Small New Mexico Ditche~ <br />Cerrito <br />Plaza de Arriba <br />Plaza del Mad,io <br />Arellano <br />TrUjillo <br />Penasquito <br />AUres <br />Small Colorado Ditches <br />Ace quisci ta <br />ChaUf'u <br />Trujillo <br /> <br />Garcia <br /> <br />Aft"r the construction of these early ditches <br />J <br />statutes were,enacted. first in Colorado ~nd then later <br />in new llexico, permitting the adjudicatio,?- of water <br />rights by the courts. 'rhere ha7e been three adjudica_ <br />tions in Colorado in the years 1889, 1905 and 1935, <br />respecti7ely. <br /> <br />tion which was in the year 1911. <br /> <br />There has been only one l:ew Mexico adj'udica_ <br /> <br />For many years there were no reservoirs <br />constructed for the waters of the Costilla River. The <br /> <br />-2- <br />