New Mexico Public Water System Boundaries

Summary The New Mexico Public Water System (PWS) boundaries is a dataset of non-transient PWS service areas.

Associated documentation on these datasets can be accessed here. In 2023, the New Mexico Legislature passed the Regional Water System Resiliency Act, which allowed the formation of regional water authorities to strengthen the state's aging water infrastructure. The law allows public water systems to organize as recognized political subdivisions, which enables the pooling of resources to hire staff, implement new projects and programs, and access funding for system improvements. The law requires new authorities to file information showing their service area boundary with the Office of the State Engineer (OSE). New service area boundaries provided to the OSE will be incorporated into this dataset as appropriate.

The New Mexico Public Water System (PWS) Boundaries is a dataset of non-transient PWS service areas. The data was compiled by the OSE Water Use and Conservation Bureau with contractor assistance. For systems not providing a service area boundary, best approximation polygons were created using municipal boundaries, census data, and aerial imagery.