Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally
WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE
Resource Planning
Section 704.567 - Conservation plan: General requirements
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 704.567
Current through September 16, 2024
1. The conservation plan of a utility must include, without limitation:
(a) A description of each program of water
conservation that the utility has implemented, is implementing or proposes to
implement, including, without limitation:
(1)
Water surveys for single-family residential customers and multifamily
residential customers;
(2) Programs
to encourage retrofitting of residential plumbing;
(3) Water audits, leak detection and
repair;
(4) The use of water meters
with commodity rates for new connections and the retrofitting of existing
connections;
(5) Incentives and
other programs of water conservation for golf courses, parks, school grounds
and other large landscapes;
(6)
Rebates or other incentives for the purchase of high-efficiency washing
machines;
(7) Programs of public
information;
(8) Educational
programs in schools;
(9)
Conservation programs for commercial, industrial, governmental and other
customers;
(10) The use of
conservation pricing;
(11)
Employment of a person to coordinate the utility's programs of water
conservation;
(12) Prohibitions
against wasting water and measures for the enforcement of those
prohibitions;
(13) A program to
encourage residential customers to replace existing toilets with
ultra-low-flush toilets; and
(14)
Incentives for the reclamation of water and the use of reclaimed
water;
(b) An estimate
of the savings in water consumption or the reduction in the demand for water
that is attributable to each program;
(c) An estimate of the effect on the
utility's peak demand for water and water consumption for each
program;
(d) A schedule of
implementation for each proposed program;
(e) A description of the methods, if any,
that may be used to evaluate the effectiveness of each program; and
(f) An estimate of the cost of each program.
The estimate must be supported by a statement that sets forth in detail the
methods used to determine the estimate, including, without limitation, the data
and assumptions used to determine the estimate.
2. In developing its conservation plan, a utility must consider the effect that new technologies, including, without limitation, advances in digital and computer information system technologies, may have on current and future conservation programs.
3. The conservation plan must:
(a) Identify each program for which the
utility requests the approval of the Commission; and
(b) Include a report of the status of each
program of water conservation that has been approved by the Commission. The
report must provide a table for each program that indicates for each year of
the program, the planned and actual reduction in water usage and the costs of
the program.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661
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