244.3665 - Prohibition of waste of water.
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)