Prohibition of waste of water.

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The board of county commissioners may prohibit any waste of water within the unincorporated areas of the county by customers of a public water system. Any ordinance adopted under this section may:

1. Classify the conditions under which specified kinds and amounts of consumption or expenditure of water are wasteful;

2. Provide for reasonable notice to water users in any such area indicating which of such conditions, if any, exist in that area;

3. Allow any person, group of persons, partnership, corporation or other business or governmental entity which:

(a) Furnishes water to persons within such areas of the county for business, manufacturing, agricultural or household use; and

(b) Is not a public utility regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada,

to reduce or terminate water service to any customer who wastes water, according to reasonable standards adopted by the board; and

4. Provide other appropriate penalties for violation of the ordinance which are based upon the classification adopted under subsection 1.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 790; A 1997, 1975)


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