NRS 534A.040
Applicability of procedures for appropriation.

A consumptive use of water brought to the surface outside of a geothermal well is subject to the appropriation procedures of chapters 533 and 534 of NRS, except for:

1.

Water that is removed from an aquifer or geothermal reservoir to develop and obtain geothermal resources if the water is returned to or reinjected into the same aquifer or reservoir; or

2.

The reasonable loss of water:

(a)

During a test of a geothermal well; or

(b)

From the temporary failure of all or part of a system that removes water from an aquifer or geothermal reservoir, transfers the heat from that water and reinjects that water into the same aquifer or reservoir.

Source: Section 534A.040 — Applicability of procedures for appropriation., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-534A.­html#NRS534ASec040.

Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

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