Montgomery v. Lomos Altos, Inc.

OPINION

SERNA, Justice.

{1} Applicants applied for permits from the State Engineer to change the point of diversion and the place and purpose of use of surface water rights in Valencia County (move-from location) to groundwater rights in Sandoval County (move-to location). Both the move-from location and move-to location are within the Rio Grande Underground Water Basin. Applicants, developers, sought the transfer to provide water to the Overlook Subdivision, a 106-lot residential development. Protestants, existing surface water users at the move-to location, objected to the applications based…