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2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 72: Water Law
Article 13: Artesian Wells, 72-13-1 through 72-13-12
Section 72-13-9: Conducting water so as to prevent waste.
NM Stat § 72-13-9 (1996 through 1st Sess 50th Legis) What's This?
72-13-9. Conducting water so as to prevent waste.
It is unlawful for any owner, person or corporation using the waters from any artesian well to conduct the same through any ditch, channel or conduit such that more than twenty percent of the waters are lost between the point of appropriation and the point of beneficial use.
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