Examples of New Mexico Water in a sentence
The state of New Mexico is required under the New Mexico Water Quality Act (Subsection C of Section 74-6-4 NMSA 1978) and the federal Clean Water Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.) to adopt water quality standards that protect the public health or welfare, enhance the quality of water and are consistent with and serve the purposes of the New Mexico Water Quality Act and the federal Clean Water Act.
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Withdrawals from the New Mexico Unit Fund shall be for the purpose of paying costs of the New Mexico Unit or other water utilization alternatives to meet water supply demands in the Southwest Water Planning Region of New Mexico, as determined by the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission in consultation with the Southwest New Mexico Water Study Group or its successor, including costs associated with planning and environmental compliance activities and environmental mitigation and restoration.
Describe how the proposal will meet a “water supply demand” in the Southwest New Mexico Water Planning Region, comprised of Catron, Grant, Hidalgo and Luna Counties.
The most important New Mexico law addressing water quality is the New Mexico Water Quality Act (WQA), NMSA 1978, §§ 74-6-1 to 74-6-17.
The Standards for Interstate and Intrastate Surface Waters state the following objective:The State of New Mexico is required under the New Mexico Water Quality Act … and the federal Clean Water Act … to adopt water quality standards that protect the public health or welfare, enhance the quality of water, and are consistent with and serve the purposes of the New Mexico Water Quality Act and the federal Clean Water Act.
The 2004 AWSA requires a “New Mexico Unit,” a “water utilization alternative,” or both to meet awater supply demand in the Southwest New Mexico Water Planning Region.
The New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) first adopted the WQMP and the CPP in 1979, under the statutory authority of Section 74-6-4(B) of the WQA.
New Mexico’s Statewide Water Quality Management Plan and Continuing Planning Process (WQMP/CPP) provides a concise summary of the water quality management system in New Mexico (NM) and the roles of the major participants in that system, as required by Sections 208 and 303 of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and New Mexico Statutes Annotated (NMSA) 1978, Section 74-6-4(B) of the New Mexico Water Quality Act (WQA).
Tribal governments have been authorized by Congress to promulgate water quality and air quality standards under the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act that may be more stringent than those set by the US Environmental Protection Agency or the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission.