Nevada Cracks Down on Water Rights of Use

Nevada is taking a close look at water rights of use, thus now is the time to make sure your use rights are in good standing. With a shuffling of basin engineers within the Nevada Division of Water Resources, water rights are being reviewed to determine compliance!

• Are your rights of use in your name? If not, it is time to bring the ownership current as required under Nevada Law!
• If you have a permitted right, are you diligently developing your use to bring it towards certification?
• If you are not using your groundwater, are you at risk for forfeiture?
• Do you have a metering requirement? if yes, is your meter installed and are you recording monthly measurement readings?

All of these items and more are under scrutiny by the State Engineer’s office. In the last few months we have seen a number of forfeiture letters go out to unsuspecting water users, don’t let this be you! Do not wait to review your water use rights to ensure they are in compliance!