Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 445A - Water Controls
UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL
General Provisions
Section 445A.851 - Criteria for determining exemption of aquifer
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 445A.851
Current through September 16, 2024
The Director shall consider the following criteria in determining whether to exempt an aquifer or a portion thereof from the provisions of NAC 445A.850:
1. It does not currently serve as a source of drinking water and, because of the following reasons, it does not and will not serve as a source of drinking water:
(a) It produces a mineral, hydrocarbon or
geothermal fluid or an applicant for a permit for a Class II or Class III well
can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Director that it contains minerals
or hydrocarbons that, considering their quantity and location, are expected to
be capable of commercial production;
(b) It is situated at a depth or location
which makes recovery of water for drinking economically or technologically
impractical;
(c) It would be
economically or technologically impractical to render the water fit for human
consumption; or
(d) It is located
over a mining area with a Class III well and is subject to subsidence or
catastrophic collapse; or
2. The total dissolved solids in the groundwater is more than 10,000 milligrams per liter, and it is not reasonably expected to become a supply of drinking water.
Added to NAC by Environmental Comm'n, eff. 7-22-87-Substituted in revision for NAC 445.424
NRS 445A.425, 445A.465
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