Additional requirements for contents of applications to appropriate water for certain specific uses.

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In addition to the requirements of NRS 533.335, the application shall contain:

1. If for irrigation purposes, except in case of an application for a permit to store water, the number of acres to be irrigated and a description by legal subdivisions, where possible, of the lands to be irrigated.

2. If for power purposes, the vertical head under which the water will be applied, the location of the proposed powerhouse, and, as near as may be, the use to which the power is to be applied.

3. If for municipal supply or for domestic use, the approximate number of persons to be served, and the approximate future requirement.

4. If for mining purposes, the proposed method of applying and utilizing the water.

5. If for stock-watering purposes, the approximate number and character of animals to be watered.

6. If for any purpose contemplating the storage of waters, in addition to the information required in applications naming the purpose, the dimensions and location of the proposed dam, the capacity of the proposed reservoir, and a description of the land to be submerged by the impounded waters.

7. If for additional rate of diversion where no additional volume of water is granted, sufficient information demonstrating the need for the additional rate of diversion.

[Part 59:140:1913; A 1919, 71; 1951, 132] — (NRS A 2013, 1235)


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