Beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure and the limit of the right to the use of water.
NRS 533.035
Beneficial use: Basis, measure and limit of right to use
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case State v. Morros (1988)
Most recently applied in DIAMOND NAT. RES. PROT. AND CONSERVATION ASS'N v. DIAMOND VALLEY RANCH, LLC (June 2022)
[3:140:1913; 1919 RL p. 3225; NCL § 7892]
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