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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 72. Water Law § 72-4B-3. Water data agencies; duties; standards and best practices; annual plan

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. By January 1, 2020, the agencies, as convened by the bureau of geology and mineral resources of the New Mexico institute of mining and technology, shall:

(1) identify key water data, information and tools needed to support water management and planning;

(2) develop common water data standards for data collection;

(3) develop an integrated water data and information platform; and

(4) identify available and unavailable water data.

B. Water research undertaken with state funding shall comply with the common water data standards and best practices developed by the agencies.

C. The agencies shall collaborate with other regional and national efforts to share, integrate and manage water data.

D. Within two hundred seventy-five days of enactment of the Water Data Act, and thereafter annually by September 1 of each year, the agencies shall develop and submit a plan to the governor and the appropriate interim legislative committee that details:

(1) an assessment of water data and information needs to support water management and planning;

(2) goals, targets and actions to carry out the purposes of the Water Data Act in the upcoming fiscal year;

(3) budgetary resources to carry out the purposes of the Water Data Act; and

(4) metrics for achieving the purposes of the Water Data Act.

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