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The mission of the Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR) is to conserve, protect, manage and enhance the State's water resources for Nevada's citizens through the appropriation and reallocation of the public waters. In addition, the Division is responsible for quantifying existing water rights; monitoring water use; distributing water in accordance with court decrees; reviewing water availability for new subdivisions and condominiums; reviewing the construction and operation of dams; appropriating geothermal water; licensing and regulating well drillers and water rights surveyors; reviewing flood control projects; monitoring water resource data and records; and providing technical assistance to the public and governmental agencies.
Recent News
2273 Order 1337 - Extending the Temporary Suspension of the Requirements to Submit Extensions of Time to Prove Beneficial Use or to Prevent Forfeiture While the Groundwater Management Plan is in Effect for the Diamond Valley Hydrographic Basin (153)
2271 Online Access to View Hearing on Protested Applications 90816 – 90842 (Clayton Valley)
2251 Humboldt Conjunctive Management Working Group Call for Nominations
2250 Order Setting Hearing on Exceptions to Jersey Valley Order of Determination
2235 Water Rights Surveyor Newsletter 2024
2233 State Water Plan Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting Notice and Agenda - January 16, 2024
2225 Lower Humboldt Model Released as Water Resources Bulletin 50
2204 2023 Basin Status Map Series
2147 Presentations and Recordings for Conjunctive Use Management Strategies Workshops for the Humboldt River Region - Updated 10/2/23
2178 Upper Humboldt Model Released as Water Resources Bulletin 49
2171 Buena Vista Valley Notice of Abstract and Preliminary Order
2170 Preliminary Order Of Determination in the Matter of the Determination of the Relative Rights in and to the Waters of Buena Vista Valley Located Within the Central Region, Hydrographic Basin Number 10-129, Pershing and Churchill Counties, Nevada.
2161 Jersey Valley Order of Determination
2082 Information about the State Water Plan Update
2046 NDWR Bulletin Regarding Extensions of Time
1417 Proof of pre-statutory vested water rights must be submitted to the Nevada State Engineer before December 31, 2027