A Water Rights Manual for Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Associations

February 14, 2017

The Utton Center is pleased to announce the publication of the Water Rights Manual for Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Associations. Written by law students Zackary Carpenter & Gregory Chakalian, class of 2011, the manual has been updated and edited by Darcy S. Bushnell, Stell Water Ombudsman of the Utton Center, UNM School of Law. The manual provides information and procedural guidance to MDWCAs in the acquisition and care of water rights in New Mexico. It has undergone extensive review by the Office of the State Engineer, organizations which provide services to Mutual Domestics and water attorneys. The manual was made possible by a grant from the McCune Charitable Foundation.