In addition to the duty of water for irrigation within any artesian conservancy district established under the provisions of Sections 73-1-1 through 73-1-26 N.M. Stat. Ann., there shall be, as a matter of right, an additional two acre-inches of water per year per acre- foot of an established water right to compensate for carriage loss between the point of appropriation and the point of beneficial use.

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Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 73-1-27

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization