Water from artesian or shallow ground water sources may be stored in reservoirs or ponds to facilitate and improve irrigation practices. The capacity of such reservoirs shall be so limited that they will store the continuous flow of a well producing more than three hundred (300) gallons of water per minute for no more than forty-eight (48) hours and the flow of a well producing three hundred (300) gallons of water per minute or less for no more than ninety-six (96) hours.
N.M. Admin. Code § 19.27.1.19