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N.M. Stat. § 3-53-2 (2026)

Regulation of water use

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In order to prevent waste and to conserve the supply of water, a municipality which owns and operates a water utility, or has granted a franchise for the operation of a public water system, may by ordinance regulate and restrict the use of water.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-54-2, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.

ANNOTATIONS

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 78 Am. Jur. 2d Waters § 3; Waterworks and Water Companies §§ 3, 69, 70.

Water supply, ordinance for protection of, 72 A.L.R. 673.

94 C.J.S. Waters § 280.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2006–2006 · leading case: Smith v. City of Santa Fe, 2006-NMCA-048, 133 P.3d 866.
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Smith v. City of Santa Fe, 2006-NMCA-048, 133 P.3d 866. · cites it 4× “" (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)); see NMSA 1978, §§ 72-12-1 to -28 (1931, as amended through 1998); NMSA 1978, § 3-53-1 (1965) (granting municipalities the authority to regulate, inter alia, wells); NMSA 1978, § 3-53-2 (1965) (granting municipalities the…”
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