In addition to the regulations required to be adopted pursuant to NRS 445A.880, the Commission:

1. Shall adopt regulations establishing procedures for a system of permits to operate water systems which are constructed on or after July 1, 1991.

2. May adopt such other regulations as may be necessary to govern the construction, operation and maintenance of public water systems if those activities affect the quality of water, but the regulations do not supersede any regulation of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.

3. May establish by regulation a system for the issuance of operating permits for suppliers of water and set a reasonable date after which a person shall not operate a public water system constructed before July 1, 1991, without possessing a permit issued by the Division or the appropriate district board of health.

4. May adopt such other regulations as may be necessary to ensure that a community water system or nontransient water system that commences operation on or after October 1, 1999, demonstrates the technical capability, managerial capability and financial capability to comply with 40 C.F.R. Part 141, but the regulations do not supersede any regulation of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada or the authority of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada or other state agencies or local governing bodies to issue permits or certificates of authority for suppliers of water.

5. May adopt such other regulations as may be necessary to evaluate the technical capability, managerial capability and financial capability of a community water system or nontransient water system that commenced operation before October 1, 1999, to comply with 40 C.F.R. Part 141, but the regulations do not supersede any regulation of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada or the authority of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada or other state agencies or local governing bodies to issue permits or certificates of authority for suppliers of water.

6. May establish by regulation reasonable fees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 445A.800 to 445A.955, inclusive. All fees collected pursuant to this subsection must be deposited in the account created pursuant to NRS 445A.861.

7. May adopt such other regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 445A.800 to 445A.955, inclusive.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 443; A 1985, 336; 1991, 403, 614; 1997, 1996; 1999, 1867; 2005, 551; 2017, 279)