There are many laws and legal issues that affect water rights and water availability in the Four Corners and on the Hammond Conservancy District. Many of these are summarized in the on-line documents listed below:
General
New Mexico Water Law (Article XVI)
http://www.conwaygreene.com/nmsu/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&2.0
Special Districts (including conservancy districts)
http://www.conwaygreene.com/nmsu/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&2.0
San Juan County 11th District Court San Juan River Basin Water Adjudication Hearings
Navajo Nation Inter Se Proceeding (PDF)
Compacts
Colorado River Compact 1922 (1929)
http://www.ose.state.nm.us/PDF/ISC/ISC-Compacts/Colorado_River_Compact.pdf
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact 1948 (1949)
http://www.ose.state.nm.us/PDF/ISC/ISC-Compacts/Upper_Colorado_River_Basin_Compact.pdf
La Plata River Compact 1922 (1925)
http://www.ose.state.nm.us/PDF/ISC/ISC-Compacts/La_Plata_River_Compact.pdf
Animas La Plata Project Compact 1968
http://www.ose.state.nm.us/PDF/ISC/ISC-Compacts/Animas_LaPlata_Project_Compact.pdf
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