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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 48. Water § 534A.040. Applicability of procedures for appropriation

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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.

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