2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 72 - Water Law
Article 13 - Artesian Wells
Section 72-13-7 - Abandoned wells wasting water declared to be a public nuisance.
72-13-7. Abandoned wells wasting water declared to be a public nuisance.
Any artesian well which has been abandoned for more than four years, from which the right to the use of the waters has reverted to the state, and which is found to be wasting the waters from any artesian basin, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the state engineer, his representatives or the artesian conservancy district in which the well is located, may abate such nuisance in a summary manner, without notice to the owner, by plugging or otherwise controlling the same.
History: Laws 1935, ch. 43, 7; 1941 Comp., 77-1207; 1953 Comp., 75-12-7.
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