New Mexico Administrative Code

November 1, 1966

This Rule is formulated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the statutes governing underground waters and describing the present extent of all declared underground water basins in New Mexico.

[RESERVED]

A. The lands declared within the Las Animas Creek Basin on August 9, 1968, are as follows: TOWNSHIP RANGE SECTIONS 14 S. 7 W. S 1/2 31, S 1/2 32, S 1/2 33, SW 1/4 and E 1/2 34, 35, W 1/2 and SE 1/4 36 14 S. 8 W. 26 thru 29, 32 thru 36 15 S. 5 W. S 1/2 19, S 1/2 26, 27 thru 29, N …

Office of the New Mexico State Engineer, P.O. Box 25102, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-5102, (505) 827-6091

Anyone proposing to drill a well and/or appropriate ground water in the area DEFINED AS the Salt Underground Water Basin.

N.M.S.A. 72-1-1, 72-2-1, 72-2-8, 72-2-9, 72-12-1 and 72-12-3 through 72-12-28(1997).

Permanent

September 13, 2000

The objective of this Special Order No. 156 is to take administrative control of the underground waters within a specific area of the state, to provide for the orderly development of water rights and to protect existing water rights. The waters of the underground streams, channel…

[Reserved]

The area included within the Salt Underground Water Basin begins at the southeast corner of Section 31, Township 26 South, Range 10 East (a point where the eastern boundary of the declared Tularosa Underground Water Basin intersects the New Mexico-Texas border); thence north alon…

Office of State Engineer.

[RESERVED]

Adopted pursuant to the authority of Sections 72-2-8, 72-2-12 and 72-13-4, New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1978.

[Permanent]

November 1, 1966

This Rule is formulated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the statutes governing underground waters and describing the present extent of all declared underground water basins in New Mexico.

[RESERVED]

A. The lands declared within the Playas Basin on February 23, 1956, are as follows: TOWNSHIP RANGE SECTIONS 26 S. 17 W. All 26 S. 18 W. 1 thru 3, 10 thru 15, 22 thru 27, 34 thru 36 27 S. 17 W. All 27 S. 18 W. 1 thru 3, 10 thru 15, 22 thru 27, 34 thru 36 28 S. 17 W. All 28 S. 18 W…

Office of the State Engineer.

The appropriation and use of underground water within the Clayton underground water basin and the extended area of the Canadian river underground water basin, areas declared by the state engineer to have reasonably ascertainable boundaries.

Chapter 72, Article 12, NMSA 1978. Section 72-1-1 NMSA 1978 provides that all natural waters flowing in streams and water courses belong to the public and are subject to appropriation for beneficial use. Section 72-2-1 NMSA 1978 gives the state engineer general supervision of wat…

Permanent.

September 23, 2005, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To establish administrative control over the appropriation and use of underground water within the Clayton underground water basin and the extended area of the Canadian river underground water basin, areas declared by the state engineer to have reasonably ascertainable boundaries…

[Reserved]

Beginning at the point where the eastern topographic drainage boundary of the Canadian river basin intersects the New Mexico and Colorado state line, being a point on the north line of section 21, township 32 north, range 25 east, NMPM, near state line mile corner 68; thence sout…

Beginning at the southeast corner of section 3, township 8 north, range 24 east, a point on the existing boundary of the Fort Sumner underground water basin; thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of section 5, township 8 north, range 24 east, NMPM, a point on th…

Office of the State Engineer.

The appropriation and use of underground water within the extended area of the Tularosa underground water basin, an area declared by the state engineer to have reasonably ascertainable boundaries.

Chapter 72, Article 12, NMSA 1978. Section 72-1-1 NMSA 1978 provides that all natural waters flowing in streams and water courses belong to the public and are subject to appropriation for beneficial use. Section 72-2-1 NMSA 1978 gives the state engineer general supervision of wat…

Permanent.

September 23, 2005, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To establish administrative control over the appropriation and use of underground water within the extended area of the Tularosa underground water basin, an area declared by the state engineer to have reasonably ascertainable boundaries.

[Reserved]

Beginning at the southeast corner of section 9, township 3 south, range 9 east, NMPM; thence west along section lines to the southeast corner of section 7, township 3 south, range 8 east, NMPM; thence north along range lines to the northwest corner of section 19, township 2 south…

Office of the State Engineer.

Beginning at the southern boundary of section 22, township 34 south, range 19 west, NMPM, at the point of the intersection of the of the international border between the United States and Mexico with the drainage divide between the Playas valley basin and the Animas river stream …

Beginning at the southern boundary of section 21, township 34 south, range 21 west, NMPM, at the point of the intersection of the of the international border between the United States and Mexico with the drainage divide between the Cloverdale basin and the Yaqui river stream syst…

The appropriation and use of underground water within the Mount Riley underground water basin, the Hatchita underground water basin, the Cloverdale underground water basin, and the Yaqui underground water basin, areas declared by the state engineer to have reasonably ascertainabl…

Chapter 72, Article 12, NMSA 1978. Section 72-1-1 NMSA 1978 provides that all natural waters flowing in streams and water courses belong to the public and are subject to appropriation for beneficial use. Section 72-2-1 NMSA 1978 gives the state engineer general supervision of wat…

Permanent.

September 23, 2005, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To establish administrative control over the appropriation and use of underground water within the Mount Riley underground water basin, the Hatchita underground water basin, the Cloverdale underground water basin, and the Yaqui underground water basin, areas declared by the state…

[Reserved]