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 […]
“Aquifer” means a geological formation or structure that stores or transmits water, or both. (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
“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)
“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)
“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)
“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)
“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 […]
“Percolating waters” are underground waters, the course and boundaries of which are incapable of determination. (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
“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)
“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)
“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)
“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)
“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)
“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 […]
“Well driller” means any person who drills a well or wells, for compensation or otherwise. (Added to NRS by 1987, 1770)
“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)
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 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 […]
1. Upon receipt by the State Engineer of a petition requesting the State Engineer to administer the provisions of this chapter as relating to designated areas, signed by not less than 40 percent of the appropriators of record in the Office of the State Engineer, in any particular basin or portion therein, the State Engineer […]
1. In each area designated as a groundwater basin by the State Engineer pursuant to the provisions of NRS 534.030, the board of county commissioners may recommend to the State Engineer that the State Engineer establish a groundwater board. The State Engineer shall determine whether or not a groundwater board is to be established and […]
