N.M. Stat. § 62-2-17
[Construction of works; eminent domain.]
Such corporations shall be authorized to construct such branch, lateral or side
canals, pipelines or ditches, as may be necessary to successfully accomplish the
objects and purposes for which they shall be organized, and shall have the same rights
and powers as to the taking and appropriating of land and other property, to be used
therefor, as is given and conferred by the next preceding section [62-2-16 NMSA 1978],
or other sections of this article.