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NRS 533.0241

Duty of State Engineer to reserve certain amount of groundwater

(Added to NRS by 2019, 2515)

1. For each basin in which there is groundwater that has not been committed for use, including, without limitation, pursuant to a permit, certificate or by any other water user in the basin, as of June 5, 2019, the State Engineer shall reserve 10 percent of the total remaining groundwater that has not been committed for use in the basin.

2. The groundwater in the basin from the reserve created pursuant to subsection 1 is not available for any use.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.