Water Right Regulations

This feature class is for delineation of areas that have some type of regulation or set of restrictions to the drilling of new wells or some other ordered regulation that effects accessibility of water. This feature class is not suitable for hydrologic analysis. Certain areas within the State of New Mexico might contain restrictions, special conditions or other criteria that prohibit the drilling of wells within a basin. These areas are depicted here in order to protect public health, water quality, existing water rights, or protect the state's water resources. Some regulations will require a notice to be issued for the area. Not all areas are under the sole jurisdiction of the Office of the State Engineer and can be municipalities, NM State Agencies or Federal Agencies. For further details please contact the respective OSE District office for more information.本要素类（feature class）用于划定存在针对新钻井作业的各类管制或限制措施，或存在影响水资源可及性的其他法定管制措施的区域。本要素类不适用于水文分析。新墨西哥州境内的部分区域可能设有限制条款、特殊条件或其他判定标准，禁止流域内开展钻井作业。在此标注此类区域，旨在保护公众健康、水质、现有水权以及该州的水资源。部分管制措施要求针对对应区域发布公告。并非所有区域均由州工程师办公室（Office of the State Engineer，缩写OSE）独家管辖，其管辖主体也可能为自治市、新墨西哥州州级机构或联邦机构。如需获取进一步详情，请联系对应的OSE分区办事处。