New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 25 - ADMINISTRATION AND USE OF WATER - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 9 - PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER IN DESIGNATED AREAS
Section 19.25.9.9 - AREAS SUBJECT TO PROHIBITIONS
By order of the office of the state engineer, it is prohibited to drill new wells, appropriate new surface water or ground water, or transfer either surface water or ground water to existing wells within the following geographic areas: FRUIT AVENUE PLUME SUPERFUND SITE. The state engineer hereby prohibits any drilling of new wells or transfer of either surface water or ground water to existing wells within the boundaries in Albuquerque, New Mexico identified as the Fruit Avenue Plume Superfund Site within which the ground water is contaminated with tetrachloroethene (PCE), trichloroethene (TCE), cis-1, 2-dichlorothen and trans-1, 2-dichloroethene. Both PCE and TCE levels are above drinking water standards, and this prohibition is necessary to protect the public welfare. The Fruit Avenue Plume area is approximately bounded by Fruit Avenue to the north, Elm Street to the east, Tijeras/Martin Luther King Avenue to the south, and 4th Street to the west. The precise delineations of the area are as follows:
State Plane Nad-27 feet
| Latitude | Longitude | X | Y |
| 35.087144 | -106.653004 | 379,437 | 1,487,207 |
| 35.091449 | -106.652186 | 379,688 | 1,488,772 |
| 35.089722 | -106.638083 | 383,904 | 1,488,127 |
| 35.088565 | -106.636911 | 384,253 | 1,487,705 |
| 35.083800 | -106.637895 | 383,952 | 1,485,972 |
| 35.085398 | -106.646737 | 381,309 | 1,486,564 |
| 35.086408 | -106.648219 | 380,867 | 1,486,933 |
