The State Engineer shall prescribe and furnish guidelines for an application for a permit for a project. The application must include:
1. A fee for application of $2,500;
2. The name and mailing address of the applicant;
3. The name of the area of active management, groundwater basin or groundwater sub-basin, as applicable, in which the applicant proposes to operate the project;
4. The name and mailing address of the owner of the land on which the applicant proposes to operate the project;
5. The legal description of the location of the proposed project;
6. Such evidence of financial and technical capability as the State Engineer requires;
7. The source, quality and annual quantity of water proposed to be recharged, and the quality of the receiving water;
8. The legal basis for acquiring and using the water proposed to be recharged;
9. A description of the proposed project including its capacity and plan of operation;
10. A copy of a study that demonstrates:
(a) The area of hydrologic effect of the project;
(b) That the project is hydrologically feasible;
(c) That the project will not cause harm to users of land and water within the area of hydrologic effect; and
(d) The percentage of recoverable water;
11. The proposed duration of the permit; and
12. Any other information which the State Engineer requires.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1771)
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.