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NV Rev Stat § 540.141 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540 - Planning and Development of Water Resources|NRS 540.141 - Required provisions of plan or joint plan of water conservation; review by Section; posting of plans and joint plans on Internet website. [Effective through December 31, 2019.]

  1. A plan or joint plan of water conservation submitted to the Section for review must include provisions relating to:  (a) Methods of public education to:  (1) Increase public awareness of the limited supply of water in this State and the need to conserve water.  (2) Encourage reduction in the size of lawns and encourage the use of plants that are adapted to arid and semiarid climates.  (b) Specific conservation measures required to meet the needs of the service area, including, but not limited to, any conservation measures required by law.  (c) The management of water to:  (1) Identify and reduce leakage in water supplies, inaccuracies in water meters and high pressure in water supplies; and  (2) Where applicable, increase the reuse of effluent.  (d) A contingency plan for drought conditions that ensures a supply of potable water.  (e) A schedule for carrying out the plan or joint plan.  (f) A plan for how the supplier of water will progress towards the installation of meters on all connections.  (g) Standards for water efficiency for new development.  (h) Tiered rate structures for the pricing of water to promote the conservation of water, including, without limitation, an estimate of the manner in which the tiered rate structure will impact the consumptive use of water.  (i) Watering restrictions based on the time of day and the day of the week.   2. In addition to the requirements of subsection 1, a plan or joint plan of water conservation submitted to the Section for review by a supplier of water providing service for 500 or more connections must include provisions relating to:  (a) Measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan or joint plan.  (b) For each conservation measure specified in the plan or joint plan, an estimate of the amount of water that will be conserved each year as a result of the adoption of the plan or joint plan, stated in terms of gallons of water saved annually.   3. The Section shall review any plan or joint plan submitted to it within 120 days after its submission and approve the plan if it is based on the climate and living conditions of the service area and complies with the requirements of this section.  4. The Chief may exempt wholesale water purveyors from the provisions of this section which do not reasonably apply to wholesale supply.  5. To the extent practicable, the State Engineer shall provide on the Internet website of the State Engineer a link to the plans and joint plans that are submitted for review. In carrying out the provisions of this subsection, the State Engineer is not responsible for ensuring, and is not liable for failing to ensure, that the plans and joint plans which are provided on the Internet website are accurate and current.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 521; A 2005, 2571; 2007, 1254; 2017, 3524)
NV Rev Stat § 540.145 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540 - Planning and Development of Water Resources|NRS 540.145 - Requirements for supplier of water to calculate water loss. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, each supplier of water that is required to adopt or update a plan of water conservation in accordance with the provisions of NRS 540.131 and:  (a) Serves 3,300 persons or more must conduct a water loss audit in accordance with the methodology and software of the American Water Works Association for water loss auditing. The results of the water loss audit must be submitted by the supplier of water to the Section with the plan of water conservation or update to the plan of water conservation, as applicable.  (b) Serves less than 3,300 persons must calculate the amount of water delivered by the supplier of water and the amount of water that was billed to customers of the supplier of water for each year. The calculations must be submitted by the supplier of water to the Section with the plan for water conservation or update to the plan of water conservation, as applicable.  2. If the supplier of water has previously submitted the results of a water loss audit to the Section pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1, and is submitting an update to the plan of water conservation, the supplier must also submit to the Section:  (a) A comparison between the results of the new water loss audit and the previous water loss audit; and  (b) An analysis of any progress made by the supplier towards the goals for acceptable water loss established in the plan for water conservation pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 540.141.  3. If the supplier of water has previously submitted the results of the calculations conducted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 to the Section, and is submitting an update to the plan of water conservation, the supplier must also submit to the Section:  (a) A comparison between the results of the new calculations and the previous calculations; and  (b) An analysis of any progress made by the supplier towards the goals for acceptable water loss established in the plan for water conservation pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 540.141.  4. The provisions of this section do not apply to a transient water system as defined in NRS 445A.848.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 2098, effective January 1, 2020)
NV Rev Stat § 540.151 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540 - Planning and Development of Water Resources|NRS 540.151 - Supplier of water required to adopt plan to provide certain incentives; procedure for adoption of plan; adoption of joint plans permitted.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, each supplier of water which supplies water for municipal, industrial or domestic purposes shall adopt a plan to provide incentives:  (a) To encourage water conservation in its service area;  (b) To retrofit existing structures with plumbing fixtures designed to conserve the use of water; and  (c) For the installation of landscaping that uses a minimal amount of water.  The supplier of water may request assistance from the Section to develop its plan.  2. As part of the procedure of adopting a plan, the supplier of water shall provide an opportunity for any interested person to submit written views and recommendations on the plan.  3. The supplier of water shall file a copy of the plan with the Section for informational purposes.  4. The plan:  (a) Must be available for inspection by members of the public during office hours at the offices of the supplier of water; and  (b) May be revised from time to time to reflect the changing needs and conditions of the service area. Each such revision must be made available for inspection by members of the public.  5. Suppliers of water:  (a) Who are required to adopt a plan for incentives pursuant to this section; and  (b) Whose service areas are located in a common geographical area,  may adopt joint plans.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 522; A 2005, 2571)
NV Rev Stat § 540A.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management|NRS 540A.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  1. "Board" means the board of county commissioners.  2. "Commission" means the Northern Nevada Water Planning Commission created by section 36 of chapter 531, Statutes of Nevada 2007, at page 3293.  3. "Comprehensive plan" or "plan" means the plan developed by a regional water commission created by special act.  4. "Division" means the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2648; A 1997, 1342; 2007, 3286)
NV Rev Stat § 540A.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management|NRS 540A.020 - Applicability of chapter.

This chapter applies only to counties whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2648; A 1997, 656, 1342; 2011, 1295)
NV Rev Stat § 540A.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management|NRS 540A.030 - Boundaries of region.

  1. In each county to which this chapter applies, except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the region within which water is to be managed, and with respect to which plans for its use are to be made, pursuant to this chapter is the entire county except:  (a) Any land within the region defined by NRS 277.200, the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact; and  (b) Lands located within any Indian reservation or Indian colony which are held in trust by the United States.  2. The board may exclude from the region any land which it determines is unsuitable for inclusion because of its remoteness from the sources of supply managed pursuant to this chapter or because it lies within a separate hydrologic basin neither affecting nor affected by conditions within the remainder of the region.  3. The board may include within the region an area otherwise excluded if it finds that the land requires alleviation of the effect of flooding or drainage of storm waters or another benefit from planning or management performed in the region.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2649; A 1997, 1342; 2011, 3737; 2013, 2367)
NV Rev Stat § 540A.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management|NRS 540A.040 - Super majority required for actions governed by this chapter.

An affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to the board is required to take action with respect to any matter governed by this chapter.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2649; A 1997, 1342)
NV Rev Stat § 540A.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management|NRS 540A.050 - Grants; contracts; employees; disposition of property.

The board may for the purposes of this chapter:  1. Accept grants of money.  2. Enter into contracts, including interlocal agreements, consistent with its authority under this chapter.  3. Employ and fix the compensation of employees and professional advisers.  4. Acquire, hold, lease and dispose of real and personal property inside and outside the region, without limitation, by requirements applicable to a board of county commissioners in its capacity as the governing body of a county.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2649; A 1997, 1342)
NV Rev Stat § 540A.240 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management|NRS 540A.240 - Acquisition and use of water rights and other sources of water in accordance with plan; imposition of charge by board.

The board may acquire water rights or other sources of water, within or outside the region, for future use in accordance with the adopted comprehensive plan. Any right or source of water belonging to a local government or governmental agency within the region must be used in accordance with the adopted comprehensive plan. The board may impose a reasonable charge upon a person seeking a commitment from a public utility to provide water, for making water from a source so acquired available for that use.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2656; A 1997, 1342)
NV Rev Stat § 540A.250 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management|NRS 540A.250 - Creation of district for remediation; recovery of expenses.

  1. The board shall create a district for remediation of the quality of water if the county or district health officer or the Administrator of the Division certifies in writing to the board that a condition exists in an area of the region which is affecting or will affect the quality of water that is available for municipal, industrial or domestic use within the region.  2. Upon receipt of the certificate, the board shall proceed, in cooperation with the health officer and the Division, to verify the existence and extent of the condition and establish the appropriate boundaries of the district. Money expended by the board for this purpose may be recovered, after the district is established, from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to NRS 540A.267 or from a fee or tax imposed pursuant to NRS 540A.265.  3. The district created pursuant to this section must include:  (a) The area where the condition which requires remediation is determined by the board to be present or for which remediation is determined by the board to be necessary, including any area to which the condition is expected to migrate unless remediation is carried out; and  (b) If the board determines that the condition which requires remediation affects the quantity or quality of drinking water within the region, the wholesale and retail service area of any provider of water that has used or uses for any portion of its supply wells located in the area described in paragraph (a).  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2657; A 1997, 656, 1335)
NV Rev Stat § 540A.260 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management|NRS 540A.260 - Preparation and approval of plan for remediation; duty of board to determine costs of developing and carrying out plan; liability of owner or lessee of property.

  1. Before creating a district for remediation pursuant to NRS 540A.250, the board shall prepare a plan for remediation which must be approved by the Division.   2. The plan for remediation may include any action which is reasonable and economically feasible in the event of the release or threat of release of any hazardous substance into the environment which may affect the water quality in this state. Such action may include:  (a) Monitoring, assessing and evaluating the water which may be affected by the substance;  (b) Removing or disposing of the substance or remedying the condition of the water in any other manner; and  (c) Taking such actions as are necessary to prevent, minimize or mitigate damage to the affected water.  3. After the plan for remediation is approved by the Division, the board shall determine, and may from time to time redetermine, the costs of developing and carrying out the plan for remediation. The costs may include all or part of:  (a) The cost of acquisition, construction, equipment or other improvement of real and personal property in developing and carrying out the plan for remediation;  (b) The cost of engineering and design in connection with developing and carrying out the plan for remediation;  (c) The cost of operation, maintenance, monitoring, administration, collection and other continuing charges in connection with developing and carrying out the plan for remediation;  (d) Any reimbursements as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 540A.250 or NRS 540A.270;  (e) Principal, interest and other charges due in connection with bonds or other borrowing incurred to pay the costs of developing and carrying out the plan for remediation;  (f) The cost of operation, maintenance, administration and other continuing charges in connection with carrying out the responsibilities of the district for remediation, including the cost to notify the general public of the plan for remediation and the activities of the district; and  (g) All other costs and expenses that the board determines are reasonably related to the development and carrying out of the plan for remediation or the financing thereof, or to the activities or responsibilities of the district for remediation.  4. An owner or lessee of property within the district who did not cause or contribute to the condition which the district was created to remedy is not subject to criminal or civil liability, including, without limitation, any liability for the cost of remediation or any related damage or injury caused by the condition, except to the extent of any unpaid assessments levied against the property.  5. No person, governmental agency or charitable organization, whether or not otherwise exempt from assessment or taxation, except the Federal Government, is exempt from an assessment levied pursuant to this section.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2657; A 1997, 656, 1336)
NV Rev Stat § 540A.262 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management|NRS 540A.262 - Prerequisites to determining, expanding or amending boundaries of district for remediation: Hearing; publication of notice of hearing; adoption of ordinance; certain bonds or financial obligations paid in full; territory not required to be contiguous.

  1. Before determining the boundaries of a district for remediation, the board shall hold a hearing. It shall cause notice of the hearing to be published at least once not less than 15 days before the hearing in a display advertisement at least 3 by 5 inches in size in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice must contain a description of the boundaries of the district by assessor’s parcel number, or by metes and bounds or other legal description, or state that a description of the boundaries of the district is on file at the office of the county clerk for public examination.  2. After the hearing, the board shall make such adjustments to the proposed boundaries of the district as appear to the board to be necessary, but the boundaries may not be expanded to include any property not included in the proposed boundaries of the district described in the notice of hearing or filed with the county clerk unless another hearing is held, after notice given by publication in the manner provided in subsection 1. After the hearing and any adjustment to the boundaries of the district required by this section, the board shall designate the boundaries of the district by ordinance, which may not be adopted as if an emergency existed.  3. The board may from time to time amend the boundaries of the district. Any such amendment must be made by ordinance adopted after a hearing held in the manner provided in subsection 1. Notice of that hearing must be given by publication in the manner provided in subsection 1. The board may not amend the boundaries of the district to exclude any property if bonds have been issued or other financial obligations incurred for the district until those bonds or other financial obligations have been paid in full.  4. The territory of the district established pursuant to subsection 2 and, if applicable, expanded pursuant to subsection 3 need not be contiguous.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 1332)
NV Rev Stat § 540A.267 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management|NRS 540A.267 - Power of board to issue bonds or otherwise become obligated to pay costs of developing and carrying out plan for remediation; bonds or other obligations secured by certain fees or taxes.

  1. The board may issue bonds and otherwise borrow money in anticipation of the fees or taxes, or any combination thereof, collected pursuant to NRS 540A.265 to pay the costs of developing and carrying out the plan for remediation, including any of the costs mentioned in subsection 3 of NRS 540A.260.  2. The board may issue those bonds as, or may borrow money evidenced by, special obligations of the county secured solely by those fees or taxes, or any combination thereof, or general obligations of the county, whose payment is additionally secured by those fees or taxes, or any combination thereof.  3. The taxes or fees that are pledged as additional security for those general obligations are pledged revenues for the purposes of subsection 3 of NRS 350.020.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 1334)
NV Rev Stat § 540A.269 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management|NRS 540A.269 - Applicability of chapters 332 and 338 of NRS to contract for plan for remediation; county ownership of property on which remediation equipment or improvements are located not required if certain conditions met.

  1. Chapters 332 and 338 of NRS do not apply to a contract made by a person to accomplish the purposes of NRS 540A.250 to 540A.285, inclusive, or to a contract made by the county to carry out the plan for remediation with any provider of water service to the district for remediation.  2. The county need not own the property on which any remediation equipment or improvements are located or used, or acquire ownership of any remediation equipment or improvements whose cost is paid from money of the county, including proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to NRS 540A.267, if the board determines there are adequate contractual safeguards to ensure that the equipment or improvements are used to further the plan for remediation.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 1334)
NV Rev Stat § 540A.270 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 540A - Regional Planning and Management|NRS 540A.270 - Reimbursement of expenses to identify, study and remedy condition if costs and expenses in conformity with plan; establishment of criteria for reimbursement; reimbursement subject to availability of proceeds from certain bonds, fees or taxes.

  1. The board may reimburse a person, governmental agency or public utility for any expenses incurred in identifying, studying and remedying, or attempting in good faith to remedy, the condition before the district is created, or thereafter for costs and expenses that are in conformity with and further the plan for remediation or operation of the district. No reimbursement may be allowed for any expense that any person incurs in connection with disturbing the ground for the construction or improvement of property in the district unless the board determines that the cost or expense is in furtherance of the plan for remediation and is a cost or expense which would have been cost-effective and beneficial to incur to further the plan for remediation.  2. The board may establish criteria for the reimbursement of a person, governmental agency or public utility for expenses pursuant to subsection 1. The criteria must include adequate safeguards so that costs reimbursed include only the actual costs of the activities undertaken as provided in this section. No reimbursement may be provided for any cost incurred after the creation of the district unless before the cost is incurred by the person or entity seeking reimbursement, the amount is approved by the board and the board determines that the cost is in furtherance of the plan for remediation. The board may establish criteria with respect to the amount of reimbursement for particular activities and with respect to the process to be followed in establishing reasonable costs for reimbursement, including, at the board’s discretion, any requirement for bidding on any construction or any acquisition of equipment.  3. The reimbursement may be made only if money is available from the proceeds of bonds issued or from fees or taxes imposed pursuant to NRS 540A.250 to 540A.285, inclusive, which are not otherwise required to be expended for other purposes. Those sections do not constitute a requirement that the county make any reimbursements.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2658; A 1997, 1338)