Section 3-27-1 - Potable; authority to acquire and operate water facilities.
3-27-1. 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 NMSA 1978] and subject to any applicable provisions of Section 3-27-2 NMSA 1978.