534.260 - Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Contents of application for permit. - Nevada Statutes

534.260  Project for recharge, storage and recovery of water: Contents of application for permit.  The State Engineer shall prescribe and furnish guidelines for an application for a permit for a project. The application must include:

      1.  A fee for application of $2,500;

      2.  The name and mailing address of the applicant;

      3.  The name of the area of active management, groundwater basin or groundwater sub-basin, as applicable, in which the applicant proposes to operate the project;

      4.  The name and mailing address of the owner of the land on which the applicant proposes to operate the project;

      5.  The legal description of the location of the proposed project;

      6.  Such evidence of financial and technical capability as the State Engineer requires;

      7.  The source, quality and annual quantity of water proposed to be recharged, and the quality of the receiving water;

      8.  The legal basis for acquiring and using the water proposed to be recharged;

      9.  A description of the proposed project including its capacity and plan of operation;

      10.  A copy of a study that demonstrates:

      (a) The area of hydrologic effect of the project;

      (b) That the project is hydrologically feasible;

      (c) That the project will not cause harm to users of land and water within the area of hydrologic effect; and

      (d) The percentage of recoverable water;

      11.  The proposed duration of the permit; and

      12.  Any other information which the State Engineer requires.

      (Added to NRS by 1987, 1771)