{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-244.3665","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 244.3665","heading":"Prohibition of waste of water.","body":"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:\n1. Classify the conditions under which specified kinds and amounts of consumption or expenditure of water are wasteful;\n2. Provide for reasonable notice to water users in any such area indicating which of such conditions, if any, exist in that area;\n3. Allow any person, group of persons, partnership, corporation or other business or governmental entity which:\n(a) Furnishes water to persons within such areas of the county for business, manufacturing, agricultural or household use; and\n(b) Is not a public utility regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada,\nÊ to reduce or terminate water service to any customer who wastes water, according to reasonable standards adopted by the board; and\n4. Provide other appropriate penalties for violation of the ordinance which are based upon the classification adopted under subsection 1.","path":["TITLE 20 — COUNTIES AND TOWNSHIPS: FORMATION, GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS","CHAPTER 244 - COUNTIES: GOVERNMENT","HEALTH AND SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-244.html#NRS244Sec3665","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:35Z","sha256":"514881bca8713cb52a10f537365ca9c97b23311fa3ec6bd5ba2c9c26245b4a9f","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-244.3663","next":"us-nv/nrs-244.367"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}