New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 27 - UNDERGROUND WATER › Part 5 - THE USE OF PUBLIC UNDERGROUND WATERS FOR HOUSEHOLD OR OTHER DOMESTIC USE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 72-12-1.1 NMSA › Section 19.27.5.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Unless defined below or in a specific section of these
				  regulations, all other words used herein shall be given their customary and
				  accepted meaning.
A.
									72-12-1.1
				domestic well permit: A permit issued for domestic use in accordance with
				Section
				72-12-1.1
				NMSA or its predecessor statutes. Included in this definition are
				72-12-1.1
				domestic well permits that have been adjudicated.
B.
									72-12-1.1
				domestic well: The point of diversion authorized under a
				72-12-1.1
				domestic well permit.
C.
				Administrative guidelines: A compilation of policies and procedures intended to
				provide guidance to office of the state engineer personnel for processing
				pending and future water rights applications in a specifically defined
				geographic area. The administrative guidelines shall not limit the state
				engineer's authority to take alternative or additional actions relating to the
				management of the water resources of the specifically defined geographic area
				as provided by New Mexico statutes, orders of the court, or the written rules
				and regulations of the state engineer.
D. Association: A water users association
				established under the Sanitary Projects Act (Section 3-29-2(B) NMSA).
E. Consumptive use: The quantity of water
				consumed during the application of water to beneficial use. The quantity of
				water beneficially consumed depends on the requirements of a particular
				enterprise and how it applies and consumes the water. The authorized diversion
				of water that is not beneficially consumed in the course of water use is not
				part of the allowable consumptive use allocation of the water right. The
				consumptive use of water by a crop (evapotranspiration) does not include
				depletions such as evaporation from canals, ditches or irrigated fields during
				surface application, transpiration by vegetation along ditches, evaporation or
				leakage from irrigation water pipes, evaporation of sprinkler spray and drift
				losses, and evaporation of runoff and seepage from irrigated fields.
F. Domestic use: The use of water for
				household purposes or for the irrigation of not to exceed one acre of
				noncommercial trees, lawn, garden, or landscaping. Drinking and sanitary uses
				that are incidental to the operations of a governmental, commercial, or
				non-profit facility are included in this definition. This definition does not
				include the use of underground water from a well used primarily for livestock
				watering as provided for under Section
				72-12-1.2
				NMSA.
G. Domestic well management
				area: A bounded area overlying a stream-connected aquifer, specifically
				described by section, township and range, or by other land survey descriptions,
				that requires special water resource protection as determined by the state
				engineer.
H. Household: A
				single-family residence including outbuildings such as guesthouses, barns, and
				sheds.
I. Hydrologic unit: A
				physically definable, continuous and interconnected surface water or
				groundwater system. A hydrologic unit may consist of an aquifer, a group of
				interconnected aquifers, and any hydrologically connected springs, streams,
				rivers, lakes or other surface water bodies.
J. Infrastructure capacity area: An area
				defined by an association, based on factors determining the capacity to provide
				water, including, but not limited to, the location of existing lines, adequacy
				of existing infrastructure, the availability of water and water rights, and as
				reviewed by and then filed with the state engineer.