2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 3 - Municipalities
Section 53 Waters; Regulation of Use
Section 3-53-1 Regulation of watercourses, ponds, wells and cisterns.
3-53-1. Regulation of watercourses, ponds, wells and cisterns.
A municipality may:
A. deepen, widen, dock-cover, wall, alter or change the channel of watercourses;
B. cleanse and purify waters, watercourses and canals;
C. drain or fill ponds on private property to prevent or abate nuisances;
D. construct, repair and regulate the use of vaults, cisterns, hydrants, pumps, bridges, viaducts, tunnels and wells; and
E. regulate and authorize the construction of any ditch carrying water on, through or across any street.
History: 1953 Comp., 14-54-1, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
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