Section 72-13-6 – Definition of waste.
For the purposes of this act [72-13-1 to 72-13-12 NMSA 1978], waste is defined as causing, suffering or permitting any artesian water to reach any pervious stratum above the artesian strata before coming to the surface of the earth, or causing, suffering or permitting any artesian well to discharge unnecessarily upon the surface of the […]
Section 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 […]