New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 25 - ADMINISTRATION AND USE OF WATER - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 8 - GROUND WATER STORAGE AND RECOVERY ACT
Section 19.25.8.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
Unless defined below or in a specific section, all other words used in these regulations shall be given their customary and accepted meanings.
A. Area of hydrologic effect: The underground area where the water is stored and located, hydrologically connected surface waters, adjacent ground water areas in which water rights exist that may be impaired, the land surface above the underground areas, and any additional land surface used for seepage or infiltration.
B. Capability Report: The short name for the Hydrologic, Technical, and Financial Capability Report (detailed in Appendix A) to accompany an application for Underground Storage and Recovery.
C. Project: A permitted, engineered facility specifically designed, constructed, and operated to add measured volumes of water by injection or infiltration to an aquifer or system of aquifers, to store the water underground, and to recover the stored water for beneficial use.
D. Stored Water: The water that has been stored underground for the purpose of recovery.
