1. The State Engineer shall, upon written request and receipt of a written agreement between the affected property owners, waive the requirements of this chapter regarding permits for the use and development of underground water from a well if:
(a) The well existed on July 1, 1983;
(b) It is used solely for domestic purposes by not more than three single-family dwellings; and
(c) Each of those dwellings does not draw more than 2 acre-feet of water per year.
2. The State Engineer may require an owner who has been granted such a waiver to apply for a permit if one or more of the dwellings is drawing more than 2 acre-feet of water per year.
3. This section does not apply to any groundwater basin for which the State Engineer has in effect on July 1, 1983, a procedure of issuing revocable permits.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1674; A 2007, 847)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells
NRS 534.0105 - "Aquifer" defined.
NRS 534.011 - "Area of active management" defined.
NRS 534.0115 - "Area of hydrologic effect" defined.
NRS 534.012 - "Artesian well" defined.
NRS 534.0125 - "Augmentation" defined.
NRS 534.013 - "Domestic use" and "domestic purposes" defined.
NRS 534.0135 - "Percolating waters" defined.
NRS 534.014 - "Person" defined.
NRS 534.0145 - "Project" defined.
NRS 534.015 - "Recharged water" defined.
NRS 534.0155 - "Storage account" defined.
NRS 534.016 - "Stored water" defined.
NRS 534.0165 - "Waste" defined.
NRS 534.017 - "Well driller" defined.
NRS 534.0175 - "Well drilling" and "drilling a well" defined.
NRS 534.070 - Waste of water from artesian well unlawful.
NRS 534.090 - Forfeiture and abandonment of rights.
NRS 534.125 - State Engineer to file notice related to temporary permit.
NRS 534.185 - Waiver of certain requirements for domestic wells by State Engineer; exceptions.
NRS 534.193 - Additional penalties.
NRS 534.195 - Injunctive and other relief.
NRS 534.280 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Annual report to State Engineer.
NRS 534.330 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Penalties.
NRS 534.360 - Water Rights Technical Support Account: Creation; administration; uses.