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NV Rev Stat § 533.535 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.535 - Consent to use of Lake Tahoe by United States for reservoir purposes in connection with Truckee-Carson reclamation project.

  1. For the purpose of aiding the Truckee-Carson reclamation project carried out by the Reclamation Service of the United States of America, under the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1902 (c. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), known as the Reclamation Act, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, consent is hereby given to the use by the United States of America of Lake Tahoe, situated partly in the State of California and partly in the State of Nevada, and the waters, bed, shores and capability of use for reservoir purposes thereof, in such manner and to such extent as the United States of America through its lawful agencies shall think proper for such purpose, and as fully as the State of Nevada could use the same.  2. The consent hereby given is without prejudice to any existing rights that persons or corporations may have in Lake Tahoe or the Truckee River.  [1:48:1913; 1919 RL p. 3306; NCL § 8239]
NV Rev Stat § 533.540 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.540 - Procedure for refund of water district’s money; conditions.

  1. Whenever, in the case of any order of determination of relative rights of claimants or appropriators of the waters of the Carson River and its forks, affecting the water districts mentioned and referred to in the preamble of chapter 19, Statutes of Nevada 1931, or in any like case affecting the Carson River or its forks directly, the State Engineer is or shall be prohibited from or lawfully prevented from administering such stream system under the orders or protection of any court, or prohibited from or lawfully prevented from certifying claims against water district funds, and the appropriate boards of county commissioners are unable to approve bills for such claims, and payment of such claims cannot be made out of such funds, and by reason of any of these things moneys and balances remain in such funds, it shall be lawful to refund such moneys and balances, and the appropriate boards of county commissioners are authorized and directed to refund the same.  2. The refunds mentioned in subsection 1 shall be made in the following manner. Whenever it shall appear to a board of county commissioners of any county that there remain water district funds in the county treasury, collected for the payment of claims and expenses in water districts in connection with the State Engineer’s administration of waters and water rights affecting the Carson River as set forth in the preamble of chapter 19, Statutes of Nevada 1931, or in any like case directly affecting the Carson River and its forks, and that there is no lawful authority to disburse the same or to refund the same to those who paid the same, as described in the preamble of chapter 19, Statutes of Nevada 1931, the board of county commissioners of any such county is hereby authorized and directed to refund the moneys to the individuals and persons who paid the same in the proportion and extent, so near as practicable, as the funds and moneys were collected from and paid by the claimants and water users concerned. The county officers shall disburse such funds upon orders of the board of county commissioners out of such funds and not otherwise.  3. If any person shall feel aggrieved by the action taken, or the failure to act, of any such board of county commissioners, respecting any such refund or repayment, an action may be prosecuted thereon for and on behalf of any such person against the respective county as in the case of rejected claims.  [1:19:1931; 1931 NCL § 8256] + [2:19:1931; 1931 NCL § 8256.01] + [3:19:1931; 1931 NCL § 8256.02]
NV Rev Stat § 533.545 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.545 - Hearings before State Engineer: Issuance and enforcement of subpoenas.

  1. Whenever the State Engineer is authorized or required by law to conduct a hearing, the State Engineer may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses before the State Engineer, together with all books, memoranda, papers and other documents relative to the matters for which the hearing is called, and take depositions within or without the State, as the circumstances of the case may require.  2. The district court in and for the county in which any hearing is being conducted by the State Engineer or the designee of the State Engineer may compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony and the production of books and papers as required by any subpoena issued by the State Engineer.  3. If a witness refuses to attend or testify or produce any papers required by the subpoena, the State Engineer may report to the district court in and for the county in which the hearing is pending by petition, setting forth:  (a) That due notice has been given of the time and place of attendance of the witness or the production of the books and papers;  (b) That the witness has been subpoenaed in the manner prescribed in this section; and  (c) That the witness has failed and refused to attend or produce the papers required by the subpoena before the State Engineer or the designee of the State Engineer in the hearing named in the subpoena, or has refused to answer questions propounded to the witness in the course of the hearing,  and asking for an order of the court compelling the witness to attend and testify or produce the books or papers before the State Engineer or the designee of the State Engineer.  4. The court, upon petition of the State Engineer, shall enter an order directing the witness to appear before the court at a time and place to be fixed by the court in the order, and show cause why the witness has not attended or testified or produced the books or papers before the State Engineer or the designee of the State Engineer. The time for the appearance may not be later than 10 days after the date of the order. A certified copy of the order must be served upon the witness. If it appears to the court that the subpoena was regularly issued by the State Engineer, the court may thereupon enter an order that the witness appear before the State Engineer or the designee of the State Engineer at the time and place fixed in the order and testify or produce the required books or papers. If the witness fails to obey the order, the witness must be dealt with as for contempt of court.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 406)
NV Rev Stat § 533.550 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.550 - Sale or lease of water right by public body for more than 5-year term; exception.

  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as otherwise provided in NRS 533.560, a public body shall not sell or lease for a term of more than 5 years a water right owned by the public body unless the public body, after holding at least one public hearing at which public comment was solicited, has issued written findings that:  (a) The sale or lease of the water right is consistent with the prudent, long-term management of the water resources within the jurisdiction of the public body;  (b) The sale or lease of the water right will not deprive residents and businesses within the jurisdiction of the public body of reasonable access to water resources for growth and development;  (c) The sale or lease of the water right is a reasonable means of promoting development and use of the water right; and  (d) The means by which the water right is sold or leased reasonably ensures that the public body will receive the actual value of the water right or comparable economic benefits.  2. As used in this section, "public body" means the State or a county, city, town, school district or any public agency of this State or its political subdivisions. The term does not include a water district organized pursuant to a special act of the Legislature or a water authority organized as a political subdivision created by a cooperative agreement or created by a special act of the Legislature.  (Added to NRS by 2005, 1385; A 2007, 3286; 2011, 819)
NV Rev Stat § 533.560 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.560 - Lease of water right by public body to owner or holder of water right who exceeds entitled amount of water.

  1. A public body may lease a water right owned by the public body to an owner or holder of a water right who, as determined by the State Engineer, is exceeding the amount of water to which the owner or holder is entitled.  2. As used in this section, "public body" means the State or a county, city, town, school district or any public agency of this State or its political subdivisions. The term includes, without limitation, a water district organized pursuant to a special act of the Legislature or a water authority organized as a political subdivision created by a cooperative agreement or created by a special act of the Legislature.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 819)
NV Rev Stat § 533.565 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters|NRS 533.565 - Dedication of right to appropriate water: Requirements; exceptions.

  1. Before a supplier of water may require the dedication of a right to appropriate water in order to ensure a sufficient supply of water to provide new or modified water service to one or more parcels, the dedication requirement must:  (a) Be required pursuant to an ordinance, rule, regulation or any other requirement adopted by the supplier of water;  (b) Be based on reliable data and procedures estimating demand;   (c) Consider any requirements for a sustainable water supply; and  (d) Consider historic usage by similar existing water services.  2. If a right to appropriate water has been dedicated pursuant to subsection 1 in connection with the approval of a final map filed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, a supplier of water may not reduce the rate of diversion of the right to appropriate water that has been dedicated unless the State Engineer approves the reduction.   3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a supplier of water may not sell, lease, convey or transfer a right to appropriate water that has been dedicated pursuant to subsection 1. This subsection does not apply to:  (a) Mergers and acquisitions of a water system owned or operated by a utility;  (b) Sales, leases, conveyances or transfers by the supplier of water to:  (1) Develop, improve or maintain the availability and reliability of the water supply; and  (2) Further the sustainable and efficient management of the water supply; or  (c) Settlements of judicial or administrative proceedings concerning a water system owned or operated by a utility.   4. As used in this section:  (a) "Final map" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 278.0145.  (b) "Modified water service" means a change or alteration to:  (1) The quantity of water delivered to one or more parcels;  (2) The capacity to deliver water to one or more parcels; or   (3) Any facility of the supplier of water necessitated by construction on one or more parcels.   (c) "Supplier of water" includes, without limitation:  (1) Any county, city, town, local improvement district, general improvement district and water conservancy district;   (2) Any water district, water system, water project or water planning and advisory board created by a special act of the Legislature;   (3) A public utility; and   (4) Any other public or private entity,  that supplies water for municipal, industrial or domestic purposes.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 2530)
NV Rev Stat § 534.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.010 - Definitions.

  1. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 534.0105 to 534.0175, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  2. As used in this chapter, the terms "underground water" and "groundwater" are synonymous.  [Part 2:178:1939; A 1947, 52; 1949, 128; 1955, 328] — (NRS A 1957, 714; 1971, 867; 1981, 658; 1985, 522, 1302; 1987, 1776)
NV Rev Stat § 534.0105 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.0105 - "Aquifer" defined.

Aquifer means a geological formation or structure that stores or transmits water, or both.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
NV Rev Stat § 534.011 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.011 - "Area of active management" defined.

Area of active management means an area:  1. In which the State Engineer is conducting particularly close monitoring and regulation of the water supply because of heavy use of that supply; and  2. Which has received that designation by the State Engineer pursuant to NRS 534.030.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770; A 1989, 598)
NV Rev Stat § 534.0115 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.0115 - "Area of hydrologic effect" defined.

Area of hydrologic effect means the surface area of land covering the extent of hydrologic response of water recharged pursuant to a project to recharge.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
NV Rev Stat § 534.012 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.012 - "Artesian well" defined.

Artesian well means a well tapping an aquifer underlying an impervious material in which the static water level in the well stands above where it is first encountered in the aquifer.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
NV Rev Stat § 534.0125 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.0125 - "Augmentation" defined.

Augmentation means to increase the volume of stored water in a system of aquifers by artificially introducing water into that system.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
NV Rev Stat § 534.013 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.013 - "Domestic use" and "domestic purposes" defined.

Domestic use or "domestic purposes" extends to culinary and household purposes directly related to:  1. A single-family dwelling; and  2. An accessory dwelling unit for a single-family dwelling if provided for in an applicable local ordinance,  including, without limitation, the watering of a family garden and lawn and the watering of livestock and any other domestic animals or household pets, if the amount of water drawn does not exceed the maximum amount set forth in NRS 534.180 for exemption from the application of this chapter.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770; A 1999, 1184; 2007, 842)
NV Rev Stat § 534.0135 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.0135 - "Percolating waters" defined.

Percolating waters are underground waters, the course and boundaries of which are incapable of determination.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
NV Rev Stat § 534.014 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.014 - "Person" defined.

Person includes any municipal corporation, power district, political subdivision of this or any state, or an agency of the United States Government.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
NV Rev Stat § 534.0145 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.0145 - "Project" defined.

Project means a facility designed and constructed to add water to a system of aquifers, store water underground and recover that water pursuant to a permit issued pursuant to NRS 534.250.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
NV Rev Stat § 534.015 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.015 - "Recharged water" defined.

Recharged water means water that reaches or percolates into an aquifer or system of aquifers:  1. Through natural processes;  2. By secondary recharge as a result of beneficial uses; or  3. Artificially through facilities specifically constructed for that purpose.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
NV Rev Stat § 534.0155 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.0155 - "Storage account" defined.

Storage account means an account established pursuant to NRS 534.300 for a project for underground storage and recovery.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
NV Rev Stat § 534.016 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.016 - "Stored water" defined.

Stored water means water which has been stored underground for the purpose of recovery pursuant to a permit issued pursuant to NRS 534.250.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
NV Rev Stat § 534.0165 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.0165 - "Waste" defined.

Waste means causing, suffering or permitting any artesian well to discharge water unnecessarily above or below the surface of the ground so that the waters thereof are lost for beneficial use or in any canal or ditch conveying water from a well where the loss of water in transit is more than 20 percent of the amount of the water discharged from the well.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
NV Rev Stat § 534.017 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.017 - "Well driller" defined.

Well driller means any person who drills a well or wells, for compensation or otherwise.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
NV Rev Stat § 534.0175 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|NRS 534.0175 - "Well drilling" and "drilling a well" defined.

Well drilling or "drilling a well" are synonymous, and mean drilling or boring new wells, placing casing in wells, cleaning and repairing existing wells, cementing wells and doing all other things normally associated with the construction or rehabilitation of wells.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
NV Rev Stat § 534.020 (2021)
2021 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 belong to the public, and, subject to all existing rights to the use thereof, are subject to appropriation for beneficial use only under the laws of this State relating to the appropriation and use of water and not otherwise.  2. It is the intention of the Legislature, by this chapter, to prevent the waste of underground waters and pollution and contamination thereof and provide for the administration of the provisions thereof by the State Engineer, who is hereby empowered to make such rules and regulations within the terms of this chapter as may be necessary for the proper execution of the provisions of this chapter.  [1:178:1939; 1931 NCL § 7993.10]
NV Rev Stat § 534.025 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|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 alleviate potential hazards to persons and property resulting from the rise of groundwater caused by secondary recharge, is hereby declared to be a beneficial use if it is accomplished pursuant to the terms and conditions of a waiver issued pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS 534.050.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1776)
NV Rev Stat § 534.037 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells|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 critical management area by the State Engineer pursuant to subsection 7 of NRS 534.110, a petition for the approval of a groundwater management plan for the basin may be submitted to the State Engineer. The petition must be signed by a majority of the holders of permits or certificates to appropriate water in the basin that are on file in the Office of the State Engineer and must be accompanied by a groundwater management plan which must set forth the necessary steps for removal of the basin’s designation as a critical management area.  2. In determining whether to approve a groundwater management plan submitted pursuant to subsection 1, the State Engineer shall consider, without limitation:  (a) The hydrology of the basin;  (b) The physical characteristics of the basin;  (c) The geographic spacing and location of the withdrawals of groundwater in the basin;  (d) The quality of the water in the basin;  (e) The wells located in the basin, including, without limitation, domestic wells;  (f) Whether a groundwater management plan already exists for the basin; and  (g) Any other factor deemed relevant by the State Engineer.  3. Before approving or disapproving a groundwater management plan submitted pursuant to subsection 1, the State Engineer shall hold a public hearing to take testimony on the plan in the county where the basin lies or, if the basin lies in more than one county, within the county where the major portion of the basin lies. The State Engineer shall cause notice of the hearing to be:  (a) Given once each week for 2 consecutive weeks before the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the basin lies.  (b) Posted on the Internet website of the State Engineer for at least 2 consecutive weeks immediately preceding the date of the hearing.  4. The decision of the State Engineer on a groundwater management plan may be reviewed by the district court of the county pursuant to NRS 533.450.  5. An amendment to a groundwater management plan must be proposed and approved in the same manner as an original groundwater management plan is proposed and approved pursuant to this section.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 1383)