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The Domestic Well Exemption in the West: A Case Study of Santa Fe's Municipal Ordinance
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Domestic Well Exemption in the West: A Case Study of Santa Fe's Municipal Ordinance |
| Creator | Paul, Maxine N. |
| Subject | domestic wells exemption Santa Fe, NM |
| Description | A Professional Project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Water Resources, Water Resources Program, University of New Mexico. In the recent case of Bounds v. State of New Mexico, the New Mexico Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a statute that allows domestic wells to be permitted with less oversight than other water rights. The statute, known as the domestic well exemption, is common in various forms throughout the Western United States. Currently, there are an estimated 200,000 permitted domestic wells across the State of New Mexico, increasing at a rate of approximately 5,000 per year. Various scholars... |
| Date | 2015-02-20T19:08:34Z 2015-02-20T19:08:34Z 2014-08 |
| Type | Presentation Technical Report Thesis |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/1928/25917 |
| Language | en_US |
