Potable; authority to acquire and operate water facilities

A. A municipality, within and without the municipal boundary, may: (1) acquire water facilities that may include but are not limited to: (a) wells, cisterns and reservoirs; (b) distribution pipes and ditches; (c) pumps; (d) rights of way; (e) water treatment plants; and (f) their necessary appurtenances; and (2) use and supply water for: (a) sewer purposes; (b) private use; and (c) public use. B. In acquiring private property pursuant to this section, a municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain pursuant to procedures of the Eminent Domain Code [42A-1-1 to 42A-1-33 NMSA 1978] and subject to any applicable provisions of Section 3-27-2 NMSA 1978. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-26-1, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 2009, ch. 269, § 1.