“When The Water Is Gone, It will Be Too Late”
by CHUCK RING
That’s just one of the statements from the bench that Judge J. C. Robinson, a Silver City District Judge made during his ruling that could change the rights of citizens to drill domestic wells within the State of New Mexico.
If the ruling is upheld during appeal or appeals, it will likely have costly and devastating results for those who seek water for residential use where there are no private or public water supplies. In some cases, those who currently have domestic wells where there are public or private water supplies available, might be forced to “plug” the domestic wells.
Those interested, AND I suspect many will be, can access a rather short, but complete article at this link:
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Judge-upends-state-well-permit-law
or, if you subscribe to the Albuquerque Journal, you can access their online version or if you aren’t a subscriber you can utilize a trial scheme. In any case, here’s the link for the subscription scheme provided by the Albuquerque Journal: