The purpose of this section and Section 74-1-13 NMSA 1978 is to provide:

1. A. an incentive for conservation of water, the state's most precious resource; and
2. B. funding for certain locations in the state to comply with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act in which the United States congress mandated that the United States environmental protection agency establish drinking water standards for contaminants, require filtration and disinfection for all public water supply systems, increase enforcement authority, establish public notification requirements, implement a lead ban and implement a capacity development program for existing and newly created water systems.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 317, § 1; 1999, ch. 203, § 4.

ANNOTATIONS

Cross references. — For the Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund Act, see Chapter 6, Article 21A NMSA 1978.

For the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, see 21 U.S.C. § 349 and 42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq.

The 1999 amendment, effective April 6, 1999, substituted "this section and Section 74-1-13 NMSA" for "this act" in the introductory language, and in Subsection B, deleted "eighty-three" preceding "contaminants" and substituted "implement a capacity development program for existing and newly created water systems" for "add drinking water standards for twenty-five contaminants every three years".