New Mexico Statutes
§ 72-13-9 — Conducting water so as to prevent waste
New Mexico § 72-13-9
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 72-13-9 (2026).
Text
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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Legislative History
Laws 1935, ch. 43, § 9; 1941 Comp., § 77-1209; 1953 Comp., § 75-12-9; Laws
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 72-13-9, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/72/72-13-9.