Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally
WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE
Resource Planning
Section 704.5673 - Water supply and wastewater treatment plan: Options for meeting demand for water and wastewater treatment
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 704.5673
Current through September 16, 2024
1. The water supply and wastewater treatment plan of a utility must:
(a) Identify and analyze the utility's
options for meeting the demand for water and wastewater treatment established
in the forecasts prepared by the utility pursuant to NAC 704.5667;
and
(b) Describe, for each option,
the utility's facilities and any new facilities that may be required. The
description must set forth the actual or proposed capacity of each facility and
the actual or proposed resources available for each year of the water supply
and wastewater treatment plan.
2. The options must include, without limitation:
(a) The construction of new
facilities;
(b) Improvements to
existing facilities, including, without limitation, the retrofitting of the
facilities with more efficient systems or the conversion of the facilities for
use with other water sources or forms of wastewater treatment;
(c) The purchase of water rights;
(d) Improvements in the efficiency of the
utility's operations, including, without limitation, improvements that are
attributable to the proposed implementation of new digital and computer
information system technologies; and
(e) Transactions with other utilities that
furnish water or provide services for the disposal of sewage and with other
water suppliers for:
(1) The pooling of water
supplies;
(2) The purchase of water
supplies; or
(3) The exchange of
water supplies.
3. The analysis must consider for each option measures to reduce the risk of interruption in the water supply, including, without limitation:
(a) Increasing
flexibility in the utility's sources of water supply;
(b) Increasing diversity in the utility's
sources of water supply;
(c)
Reducing the utility's commitments for supplying water;
(d) Selecting projects relating to water
supply that can be completed within 3 years immediately following the year in
which the resource plan is submitted to the Commission;
(e) Reducing the utility's costs of supplying
water; and
(f) Increasing the
reliability of the water supply.
4. A utility may not include an option in its water supply and wastewater treatment plan unless the option, if selected by the utility and approved by the Commission, will:
(a) Provide for a reliable water
supply;
(b) Be within applicable
regulatory and financial constraints; and
(c) Comply with all applicable federal, state
or local laws and regulations for the protection of the environment.
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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