Title 48

NRS 540.041 Chief: Qualifications; duties; employment of staff. 1. The Chief: (a) Must be selected with special reference to his or her training, experience, capability and interest in the field of water resource planning. (b) Shall coordinate the activities of the Section. 2. Th…

NRS 540.051 Duties. The Section shall: 1. Include in its planning: (a) Recognition and protection of existing water rights consistent with chapters 533 and 534 of NRS; and (b) Consideration of the factors relating to the quality of water in this State and the importance of consid…

NRS 540.061 Statement of legislative intent relating to reporting of projects to Chief. It is the intent of the Legislature, in accordance with the state policy set forth in NRS 540.011, to provide for the reporting of all projects to the Chief to ensure effective coordination by…

NRS 540.071 “Project” defined. As used in NRS 540.061 to 540.091, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “project” means any development, including new construction and expansion or modification of existing development, that requires the use of 5 acre-feet or more of w…

NRS 540.081 Applicability of NRS 540.061 to 540.091, inclusive. NRS 540.061 to 540.091, inclusive, do not apply to: 1. A publicly owned project; 2. A subdivision as defined in NRS 278.320; 3. A parcel map subject to the provisions of NRS 278.461 to 278.469, inclusive; 4. A divisi…

NRS 540.091 Reports of approved projects: Contents; filing; deposit of fees. 1. A local governmental officer or agency that is required to approve a project shall file a report of each project the officer or agency approves on a form provided by the Chief. 2. Each report of an ap…

NRS 540.121 “Supplier of water” defined. 1. As used in NRS 540.121 to 540.151, inclusive, “supplier of water” includes, but is not limited to: (a) Any county, city, town, local improvement district, general improvement district and water conservancy district; (b) Any water distri…

NRS 540.131 Plan of water conservation: Procedure for adoption and updating of plan; review of plan by Section; joint plans permitted by certain suppliers; duties of local governing body. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, each supplier of water which supplies water…

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. 1. A plan or joint plan of water conservation submitted to the Section for review must include provisions relating to: (a) Methods…

NRS 540.145 Requirements for supplier of water to calculate water loss. 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 …

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 domesti…