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2009 Nevada Code
TITLE 48 - WATER
Chapter 534 - Underground Water and Wells
- 534.010 - Definitions.
- 534.0105 - “Aquifer” defined.
- 534.011 - “Area of active management” defined.
- 534.0115 - “Area of hydrologic effect” defined.
- 534.012 - “Artesian well” defined.
- 534.0125 - “Augmentation” defined.
- 534.013 - “Domestic use” and “domestic purposes” defined.
- 534.0135 - “Percolating waters” defined.
- 534.014 - “Person” defined.
- 534.0145 - “Project” defined.
- 534.015 - “Recharged water” defined.
- 534.0155 - “Storage account” defined.
- 534.016 - “Stored water” defined.
- 534.0165 - “Waste” defined.
- 534.017 - “Well driller” defined.
- 534.0175 - “Well drilling” and “drilling a well” defined.
- 534.020 - Underground waters belong to public and are subject to appropriation for beneficial use; declaration of legislative intent.
- 534.025 - Removal of underground waters to alleviate hazards caused by secondary recharge is beneficial use.
- 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.
- 534.035 - Groundwater boards: Establishment; number, appointment, terms and expenses of members; officers; meetings and quorum; duties; dissolution.
- 534.040 - Employment and compensation of well supervisor and assistants; levy, collection and distribution of special assessment.
- 534.050 - Permit to appropriate water required before sinking well in designated groundwater basin; requirements in undesignated areas; waivers; penalties.
- 534.060 - Conditions for sinking wells; casings and appliances; repair of defective wells; liens; sealing of wells; use of abandoned wells to monitor groundwater.
- 534.070 - Waste of water from artesian well unlawful.
- 534.080 - Appropriation of underground water for beneficial use from artesian, definable aquifer or percolating water: Acquisition of rights under chapter 533
- 534.090 - Forfeiture and abandonment of rights.
- 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.
- 534.110 - Rules and regulations of State Engineer; statements and pumping tests; conditions of appropriation; restrictions.
- 534.120 - State Engineer authorized to make rules, regulations and orders when groundwater is being depleted in designated area; preferred uses of water; temporary permits to appropriate water; revocation of temporary permits; restrictions placed on certain wells.
- 534.125 - State Engineer to file notice related to temporary permit.
- 534.130 - State Engineer, assistants and Artesian Well Supervisor authorized to enter premises to investigate and carry out duties.
- 534.140 - Well drillers: Annual licenses; fees; continuing education; regulations for well drilling; licensing by State Contractors’ Board.
- 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 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.]
- 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 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.]
- 534.146 - Application for license to include social security number of applicant. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 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.]
- 534.150 - Well Drillers’ Advisory Board: Appointment; terms of members; vacancies; compensation; duties.
- 534.160 - License required to drill well; revocation of license; order to plug well; penalty for allowing unlicensed person to drill.
- 534.170 - Well driller to keep log and records; contents; information to be furnished to State Engineer; report of test.
- 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.
- 534.185 - Waiver of certain requirements for domestic wells by State Engineer; exceptions.
- 534.190 - Penalties.
- 534.193 - Additional penalties.
- 534.195 - Injunctive and other relief.
- 534.250 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Permit required; issuance, contents, modification and assignment of permit; monitoring requirements.
- 534.260 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Contents of application for permit.
- 534.270 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Review of application for permit; notice of application; protests; hearing; determination; judicial review.
- 534.280 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Annual report to State Engineer.
- 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.
- 534.300 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Storage account to be established; limit on amount of water recovered.
- 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.
- 534.320 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Revocation or suspension of permit; orders to cease and desist; injunction.
- 534.330 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Penalties.
- 534.340 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Designation of areas of active management.
- 534.350 - State Engineer to establish program that allows public water system to receive credits for addition of new customers to system.
- 534.360 - Water Rights Technical Support Fund: Creation; administration; uses.
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