NRS 532.167 - Duties: Water budget and inventory.

NV Rev Stat § 532.167 (2019) (N/A)
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For each basin located in whole or in part in the State, the State Engineer shall prepare a water budget and calculate and maintain an inventory of water which includes, without limitation:

1. The total amount of groundwater appropriated in the basin in accordance with decreed, certified and permitted rights regardless of whether the water appropriations are temporary in nature;

2. An estimate of the amount of groundwater used by domestic wells in the basin; and

3. An estimate of the amount of all groundwater that is available for appropriation in the basin.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 3497)