N.M. Stat. § 73-1-27
Carriage loss allowance established.
In addition to the duty of water for irrigation within any artesian conservancy district
established under the provisions of Sections 73-1-1 through 73-1-26 NMSA 1978, there
shall be, as a matter of right, an additional two acre-inches of water per year per acre-
foot of an established water right to compensate for carriage loss between the point of
appropriation and the point of beneficial use.