{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-534a.040","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 534A.040","heading":"Applicability of procedures for appropriation.","body":"A consumptive use of water brought to the surface outside of a geothermal well is subject to the appropriation procedures of chapters 533 and 534 of NRS, except for:\n1. Water that is removed from an aquifer or geothermal reservoir to develop and obtain geothermal resources if the water is returned to or reinjected into the same aquifer or reservoir; or\n2. The reasonable loss of water:\n(a) During a test of a geothermal well; or\n(b) From the temporary failure of all or part of a system that removes water from an aquifer or geothermal reservoir, transfers the heat from that water and reinjects that water into the same aquifer or reservoir.","path":["TITLE 48 — WATER","CHAPTER 534A - GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-534A.html#NRS534ASec040","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:42Z","sha256":"d232c6f10637a7031ade1654ec3da1b8dd5e1532f414b679ff0744f979daca1c","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-534a.031","next":"us-nv/nrs-534a.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}