Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 72 - Water Law. > Article 13 - Artesian Wells, 72-13-1 through 72-13-12. > Section 72-13-7 - Abandoned wells wasting water declared to be a public nuisance.

Section 72-13-7 - Abandoned wells wasting water declared to be a public nuisance.

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 the artesian conservancy district in which the well is located, may abate such nuisance in a summary manner, without notice to the owner, by plugging or otherwise controlling the same.