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244.3665  Prohibition of waste of water.  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,

Ê 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)

     

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Nevada > Title-20 > Chapter-244 > Health-and-safety > 244-3665

244.3665  Prohibition of waste of water.  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,

Ê 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)

     


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Nevada > Title-20 > Chapter-244 > Health-and-safety > 244-3665

244.3665  Prohibition of waste of water.  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,

Ê 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)