Nevada

NRS 534.010 Definitions.

NRS 534.011 “Area of active management” defined.

NRS 534.012 “Artesian well” defined.

NRS 534.013 “Domestic use” and “domestic purposes” defined.

NRS 534.014 “Person” defined.

NRS 534.015 “Recharged water” defined.

NRS 534.016 “Stored water” defined.

NRS 534.017 “Well driller” defined.

NRS 534.020 Underground waters belong to public and are subject to appropriation for beneficial use; declaration of legislative intent.

NRS 534.025 Removal of underground waters to alleviate hazards caused by secondary recharge is beneficial use.

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 conservation boards.

NRS 534.035 Groundwater boards: Establishment; number, appointment, terms and expenses of members; officers; meetings and quorum; duties; dissolution.

NRS 534.037 Groundwater management plan for basin designated as critical management area: Petition; hearing; approval or disapproval; judicial review; amendment; certain persons not required to comply; duties of State Engineer if perennial yield modified; review of results.

NRS 534.039 Perennial yield of basin designated as critical management area: Duty of State Engineer to affirm, modify and review.

NRS 534.040 Employment and compensation of well supervisor and assistants; levy, collection and distribution of special assessment; exception.

NRS 534.050 Permit to appropriate water required before sinking well in designated groundwater basin; requirements in undesignated areas; waivers; penalties.

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.

NRS 534.065 Replacement well: Application to change place of diversion not required in certain circumstances; notice.

NRS 534.070 Waste of water from artesian well unlawful.

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.

NRS 534.090 Forfeiture and abandonment of rights.

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.

NRS 534.0105 “Aquifer” defined.

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.

NRS 534.0115 “Area of hydrologic effect” defined.

NRS 534.115 Retirement of groundwater rights through the Nevada Voluntary Water Rights Retirement Program.

NRS 534.120 State Engineer authorized to make rules, regulations and orders when groundwater is being depleted in designated area; preferred uses of water; revocable permits to appropriate water; revocation of revocable permits; restrictions placed on appropriations of groundwater and certain domestic wells in area in which revocable permit issued.

NRS 534.125 State Engineer to file notice related to revocable permit.

NRS 534.0125 “Augmentation” defined.

NRS 534.130 State Engineer, assistants and Artesian Well Supervisor authorized to enter premises to investigate and carry out duties.

NRS 534.0135 “Percolating waters” defined.

NRS 534.140 Well drillers: Annual licenses; fees; continuing education; regulations for well drilling; licensing by State Contractors’ Board.

NRS 534.141 Application for renewal of license must include certain information regarding state business license; grounds for denial of renewal.

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 procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

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 procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

NRS 534.0145 “Project” defined.

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 the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

NRS 534.150 Well Drillers’ Advisory Board: Appointment; terms of members; vacancies; compensation; duties.

NRS 534.0155 “Storage account” defined.

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.

NRS 534.0165 “Waste” defined.

NRS 534.170 Well driller to keep log and records; contents; information to be furnished to State Engineer; report of test.

NRS 534.0175 “Well drilling” and “drilling a well” defined.

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.

NRS 534.185 Waiver of certain requirements for domestic wells by State Engineer; exceptions.

NRS 534.190 Penalties.

NRS 534.193 Additional penalties.

NRS 534.195 Injunctive and other relief.

NRS 534.250 Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Permit required; issuance, contents, modification and assignment of permit; monitoring requirements.

NRS 534.260 Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Contents of application for permit.

NRS 534.270 Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Review of application for permit; notice of application; protests; hearing; determination; judicial review.

NRS 534.280 Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Annual report to State Engineer.

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.

NRS 534.300 Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Storage account to be established; limit on amount of water recovered.

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.

NRS 534.320 Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Revocation or suspension of permit; orders to cease and desist; injunction.

NRS 534.330 Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Penalties.

NRS 534.340 Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Designation of areas of active management.

NRS 534.350 Requirements for certain public water system to receive credits for addition of new customers to system.

NRS 534.360 Water Rights Technical Support Account: Creation; administration; uses.

NRS 534.1405 Well drillers: Petition for review of criminal history to obtain license; requirements; fee; report.