New Mexico Statutes Chapter 72. Water Law § 72-12-24. Supplemental well

(1) the supplemental well is drilled into the same and only the same underground stream, channel, artesian basin, reservoir or lake as the well being supplemented; and

(2) the supplemental well does not increase the appropriation of water to an amount above the existing water rights; and

(3) an emergency situation exists in which the delay caused by publication and hearing would result in crop loss or other serious economic loss; and

(4) the state engineer, after a preliminary investigation, finds that the supplemental well does not impair existing water rights, and grants him a permit authorizing the drilling and use of the supplemental well prior to publication and hearing.