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2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters
NRS 533.0241 - Duty of State Engineer to reserve certain amount of groundwater.
Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 533.0241 (2020)
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.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2515)
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