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Water/Sewer Connection Permit in Lovington, New Mexico

Required for new water or sewer service connections in Lovington. Water connections are performed by the City Water Department itself; sewer connections must be performed by a licensed contractor and are inspected by the City after completion.

Verified 2026-07-19 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Submit a completed Planning and Zoning Application
  • Provide proof of ownership or interest in the property
  • Submit a site plan showing property lines, building dimensions, lot area, lot dimensions, easements, building setbacks, road access points, and location of utilities
  • For sewer connections: submit a statement of the connection size and type of materials to be discharged into the sewer
  • For water connections: submit a statement of meter size and purpose for which the water is required (e.g., residential use, car wash)
  • Call 811 before digging
  • Pay the applicable Water/Sewer Connection Permit processing fee(s) and the fee for the required water meter

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Fee schedule

Water/Sewer Connection Permit processing fee
City of Lovington Water/Sewer Connection Permit checklist (lovington.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/checklist_wtrswr.pdf), item 2, which reads 'Pay the applicable Water/Sewer Connection Permit processing fee(s). Show full citationCity of Lovington Water/Sewer Connection Permit checklist (lovington.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/checklist_wtrswr.pdf), item 2, which reads 'Pay the applicable Water/Sewer Connection Permit processing fee(s). $____________' — the amount is left blank for staff to fill in. No City fee resolution or schedule sets this administrative connection-permit processing fee: Ordinance 607 (2024, amending Municode Ch. 13.12 Rates, Billing and Collection) establishes only utility deposit amounts, water/sewer usage rates, and the new-water-meter cost schedule (see the separate 'Water meter fee' line item below), and no ordinance or appendix in the complete Ordinance List and Disposition Table (Ords. 218-612, current through Ord. 612, 6-9-25) establishes one. Expect the counter to quote the figure at application.
Not published as a fixed schedule — filled in by City staff at time of application
Water meter fee (new meter cost, by size)
City of Lovington Code of Ordinances Section 13.12.040(G) (Ord. Show full citationCity of Lovington Code of Ordinances Section 13.12.040(G) (Ord. 607, 2024; current through 2026 S-21, Ord. 612, 6-9-25, with no further amendment to this subsection) provides: 'For every new application for service, an initial inspection of the meter will be performed by the Water Department. If there is no meter on the lot, if the meter on the lot is not functioning, or if the current meter installed is no longer deemed reliable to accurately read flow data, the customer will require a new meter at the following cost' [table by pipe size, effective October 1, 2024]. This directly answers checklist item 8's 'fee for the required water meter,' which the City's own checklist (lovington.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/checklist_wtrswr.pdf) leaves blank for staff to fill in at the counter — the checklist simply doesn't point applicants to the codified table. The separate connection-permit processing fee above remains unpublished.
¾ inch meter: $1,000.00; 1 inch meter: $1,000.00; 2 inch meter: $2,050.00; 3 inch meter: $3,500.00; 4 inch meter: $4,500.00; 5 inch meter: $6,000.00

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Final Inspection — Sewer

    Required after a wastewater connection to ensure installation meets City standards

  2. 2

    Water Connection

    Performed by the City Water Department itself and explicitly does not require a separate inspection, per the City's own checklist

See the full Lovington inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • Water connections are installed by the City Water Department directly and, per the checklist, 'do not require an inspection' — only sewer connections (installed by a licensed contractor) get a City final inspection. Contractor
  • Sewer connection applicants must state both the connection size and the type of materials to be discharged.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Per the City's Water/Sewer Connection Permit checklist, sewer connections must be performed by a licensed contractor and are inspected by the City after completion. Water connections, by contrast, are performed directly by the City Water Department and do not require an inspection.

In Lovington, the published Water/Sewer Connection Permit processing fee is: Not published as a fixed schedule — filled in by City staff at time of application. Additional published fees: Water meter fee (new meter cost, by size) — ¾ inch meter: $1,000.00; 1 inch meter: $1,000.00; 2 inch meter: $2,050.00; 3 inch meter: $3,500.00; 4 inch meter: $4,500.00; 5 inch meter: $6,000.00. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Lovington does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Lovington Planning and Zoning Department at (575) 396-9301 (Planning & Zoning Coordinator Crystal R. Ball, CFM, CZO); (575) 396-2884 (City Hall main line) for current turnaround.

You'll need: City Water/Sewer Connection Permit (checklist); Planning and Zoning Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Lovington requires 2 inspection(s) for a water/sewer connection permit, in order: Final Inspection — Sewer, Water Connection. Schedule each through City of Lovington Planning and Zoning Department ((575) 396-9301 (Planning & Zoning Coordinator Crystal R. Ball, CFM, CZO); (575) 396-2884 (City Hall main line)).

Apply through City of Lovington Planning and Zoning Department at 214 S. Love Street, Lovington, NM 88260 (address on the Planning & Zoning Coordinator's own permit-checklist forms and P&Z Application cover sheet; the City's own Departments webpage separately lists the same office at 201 S Main Street, Lovington, NM 88260 — both addresses are published on official city.lovington.org pages as of 2026-07-18, discrepancy not resolved by any further published source). Phone: (575) 396-9301 (Planning & Zoning Coordinator Crystal R. Ball, CFM, CZO); (575) 396-2884 (City Hall main line), email: cball@lovington.org. Office hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Friday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (noon), walk-in basis. Official information: https://www.lovington.org/departments/planning-and-zoning/.

Lovington, New Mexico has adopted: New Mexico is a statewide-code state administered by the Construction Industries Division (CID) of the Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD) under the Construction Industries Licensing Act (CILA), NMSA 1978 Sections 60-13-3 and 60-13-45. City of Lovington Municode Section 15.04.010 adopts by reference 'the state building code also known as the International Conference of Building Officials Uniform Building Code, 2009 or any adopted edition adopted by the State of New Mexico hence forth,' with all conditions, provisions, limitations and terms of the current New Mexico State building code adopted as the City's own building rules and regulations (Ord. 546, 2016; amended during 1992 codification: prior code Section 14-1-1). Unlike the City of Hobbs, Lovington has NOT established its own certified Building Inspection Department to administer the CID-adopted code as a delegated Authority Having Jurisdiction: the City's own Planning and Zoning Department and Building Permit Application checklist explicitly state that 'State building permits are required for the construction, repair or demolition of site-built or modular homes,' covering plumbing, electrical, and structural work — the actual building/electrical/plumbing/mechanical permit is a New Mexico Construction Industries Division (CID) permit, applied for directly with the State after the City Planning & Zoning Coordinator and Floodplain Manager sign a cover sheet confirming zoning, setback, and floodplain compliance.; 2021 New Mexico Commercial Building Code (NMCBC, NMAC 14.7.2) and 2021 New Mexico Residential Building Code (NMRBC, NMAC 14.7.3) — the current statewide editions administered by CID, which supersede the 2009 UBC edition-year text still printed in Lovington Municode 15.04.010 by operation of that same section's 'or any adopted edition adopted by the State of New Mexico hence forth' clause; 2020 New Mexico Electrical Code / 2020 National Electrical Code (NMAC 14.10.4) — the current CID-administered statewide electrical code; Lovington's own Municode Section 15.08.020 separately adopts 'the National Electrical Code, 1956 Edition, as the same are now or may be amended' (Prior code Section 16-1-2) as the basis for the City's own, separately-codified electrical permit and electrical inspector chapter (15.08) — a legacy municipal ordinance whose relationship to the newer City practice of routing electrical work through the State CID permit is not clarified in any published city document; 2021 New Mexico Plumbing and Mechanical Code (NMAC 14.8.2, 14.9.2) — CID-administered statewide; New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department, Construction Industries Division rules, laws, and building codes (statewide adoption authority). Local amendments apply — see the Lovington overview page for the full list.

Sources & verification

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