Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 445A - Water Controls
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance
Section 445A.66615 - Purposes of provisions
Current through September 16, 2024
The purposes of NAC 445A.65505 to 445A.6731, inclusive, and sections 2, 3 and 4 of this regulation, are to:
1. Provide the public with reasonable assurance that its water is satisfactory for consumption and for ablutionary and culinary purposes;
2. Protect the public health and welfare by ensuring that water is developed, treated, stored and distributed in a safe manner;
3. Ensure a reliable supply of water;
4. Prevent the potential pollution or contamination of a public water system as a result of backpressure or backsiphonage;
5. Provide for the use of components in a public water system that are designed and constructed in accordance with accepted engineering principles, standards and practices; and
6. Protect the public investment in its infrastructure for the provision of water by public utilities.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 2-20-97; A by R118-99, 2-10-2000; A by Environmental Comm'n by R194-08, 10-27-2009; A by R049-18A, eff. 8/21/2018
NRS 445A.860
