New Mexico Statutes
Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 74-1-13.1 - Nontransient noncommunity public water systems; definition; testing and notice requirements.

A. The department of environment shall test nontransient noncommunity water systems for arsenic, fluoride and radionuclides and adopt rules for reporting and public notification for those contaminants comparable to reporting and notification requirements for community water systems. Money in the water conservation fund may be used to fulfill the requirements of this subsection.
B. As used in this section:
(1) "community water system" means a public water system that serves at least fifteen service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least twenty-five year-round residents; and
(2) "nontransient noncommunity water system" means a public water system that is not a community water system and that regularly serves at least twenty-five of the same persons over six months per year including but not limited to schools and factories.
History: Laws 2001, ch. 148, § 1.
Effective dates. — Laws 2001, ch. 148 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 15, 2001, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.

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