Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells

NRS 534.020 - Underground waters belong to public and are subject to appropriation for beneficial use; declaration of legislative intent. - 1. All underground waters within the boundaries of the State...

NRS 534.025 - Removal of underground waters to alleviate hazards caused by secondary recharge is beneficial use. - The removal of groundwater from any basin in Nevada, to...

NRS 534.030 - Administration by State Engineer: Petition by appropriators in basin; hearing in absence of petition; certain artesian water, underground aquifers and percolating water; advisory services of governing bodies of water districts and water... - 1. Upon receipt by the State Engineer of a petition...

NRS 534.035 - Groundwater boards: Establishment; number, appointment, terms and expenses of members; officers; meetings and quorum; duties; dissolution. - 1. In each area designated as a groundwater basin by...

NRS 534.037 - Groundwater management plan for basin designated as critical management area: Petition; hearing; approval or disapproval; judicial review; amendment. - 1. In a basin that has been designated as a...

NRS 534.040 - Employment and compensation of well supervisor and assistants; levy, collection and distribution of special assessment; exception. - 1. Upon the initiation of the administration of this chapter...

NRS 534.050 - Permit to appropriate water required before sinking well in designated groundwater basin; requirements in undesignated areas; waivers; penalties. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS...

NRS 534.060 - Conditions for sinking wells; casings and appliances; repair of defective wells; liens; sealing of wells; use of abandoned wells to monitor groundwater. - 1. During the sinking or boring of a well the...

NRS 534.065 - Replacement well: Application to change place of diversion not required in certain circumstances; notice. - 1. If a person is seeking to sink or bore...

NRS 534.070 - Waste of water from artesian well unlawful. - 1. No person controlling an artesian well in any basin...

NRS 534.080 - Appropriation of underground water for beneficial use from artesian, definable aquifer or percolating water: Acquisition of rights under chapter 533 of NRS; orders to desist; dates of priority. - 1. A legal right to appropriate underground water for beneficial...

NRS 534.090 - Forfeiture and abandonment of rights. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, failure for...

NRS 534.100 - Recognition of existing water rights; classification of water in definable aquifer or percolating water by State Engineer; adjudication of vested underground water rights. - 1. Existing water rights to the use of underground water...

NRS 534.110 - Rules and regulations of State Engineer; statements and pumping tests; conditions of appropriation; designation of critical management areas; restrictions; limit to restrictions on domestic wells. - 1. The State Engineer shall administer this chapter and shall...

NRS 534.120 - State Engineer authorized to make rules, regulations and orders when groundwater is being depleted in designated area; preferred uses of water; temporary permits to appropriate water; revocation of temporary permits; restrictions placed... - 1. Within an area that has been designated by the...

NRS 534.125 - State Engineer to file notice related to temporary permit. - If the State Engineer issues a temporary permit pursuant to...

NRS 534.130 - State Engineer, assistants and Artesian Well Supervisor authorized to enter premises to investigate and carry out duties. - The State Engineer, or the assistants or authorized agents of...

NRS 534.140 - Well drillers: Annual licenses; fees; continuing education; regulations for well drilling; licensing by State Contractors’ Board. - 1. Every well driller, before engaging in the physical drilling...

NRS 534.1405 - Well drillers: Petition for review of criminal history to obtain license; requirements; fee; report. - 1. The State Engineer shall develop and implement a process...

NRS 534.141 - Application for renewal of license must include certain information regarding state business license; grounds for denial of renewal. - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...

NRS 534.142 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license to drill; grounds for denial of license; duty of State Engineer. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish... - 1. An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a...

NRS 534.144 - Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish... - 1. If the State Engineer receives a copy of a...

NRS 534.146 - Application for license to include social security number of applicant. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting... - An application for the issuance of a license to drill...

NRS 534.150 - Well Drillers’ Advisory Board: Appointment; terms of members; vacancies; compensation; duties. - 1. For the purpose of examining applicants for well drillers’...

NRS 534.160 - License required to drill well; revocation of or refusal to reissue license; order to plug well; penalty for allowing unlicensed person to drill. - 1. A person shall not drill a well for water...

NRS 534.170 - Well driller to keep log and records; contents; information to be furnished to State Engineer; report of test. - 1. The well driller shall keep: (a) A log of...

NRS 534.180 - Applicability of chapter to wells used for domestic purposes; registration and plugging of wells used for domestic purposes; wells for accessory dwelling unit of single-family dwelling. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and as...

NRS 534.185 - Waiver of certain requirements for domestic wells by State Engineer; exceptions. - 1. The State Engineer shall, upon written request and receipt...

NRS 534.190 - Penalties. - Any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 534.010...

NRS 534.193 - Additional penalties. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 534.280, 534.310 and...

NRS 534.195 - Injunctive and other relief. - 1. The State Engineer may seek injunctive relief in the...

NRS 534.250 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Permit required; issuance, contents, modification and assignment of permit; monitoring requirements. - 1. Any person desiring to operate a project must first...

NRS 534.260 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Contents of application for permit. - The State Engineer shall prescribe and furnish guidelines for an...

NRS 534.270 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Review of application for permit; notice of application; protests; hearing; determination; judicial review. - 1. Upon receipt of an application for a permit to...

NRS 534.280 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Annual report to State Engineer. - 1. Any person who holds a permit for a project...

NRS 534.290 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Permit for recovery well; recovery limited to designated wells; designation of person entitled to recover water; use or exchange of recovered water. - 1. A permit for a recovery well must comply with...

NRS 534.300 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Storage account to be established; limit on amount of water recovered. - 1. The State Engineer shall establish a storage account for...

NRS 534.310 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Annual fee for permit; disposition of money received by State Engineer; employment of consultants by State Engineer. - 1. The State Engineer shall levy and collect an annual...

NRS 534.320 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Revocation or suspension of permit; orders to cease and desist; injunction. - 1. The State Engineer may periodically review a project to...

NRS 534.330 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Penalties. - 1. A person who is determined pursuant to NRS 534.320...

NRS 534.340 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Designation of areas of active management. - The State Engineer shall designate areas of active management pursuant...

NRS 534.350 - Requirements for certain public water system to receive credits for addition of new customers to system. - 1. A public water system may receive credits, as provided...

NRS 534.360 - Water Rights Technical Support Account: Creation; administration; uses. - 1. There is hereby created in the State General Fund...

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Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells

Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells