The Nevada Division of Water Resources is conducting a temporary regulation adoption hearing pertaining to well driller licensing pursuant to Chapter 534 of Nevada Administrative Code (NAC). An adoption hearing has been set for:
Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Time: 9:00am
Location: Division of Water Resources (Bonnie Conference Room), 901 S. Stewart Street, Carson City, Nevada
Virtual: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting
In response to Governor Lombardo’s Executive Order 2023-004, requiring a review of current regulatory requirements for occupational licensing, the Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR), in cooperation with the Well Driller’s Advisory Board, identified recommended revisions to existing licensing regulations and a pathway to licensure reciprocity. These revisions intend to revise onerous regulatory barriers without compromise to the standards of qualifications for issuing well drilling licenses.
The temporary regulations relating to well drillers include the following changes:
- Removing the requirement that qualifying well drilled experience must be acquired within the five years immediately preceding an application submission.
- Reducing the number of professional references required to be accepted from four to three but they must be accepted prior to being eligible to take the written examination.
- Removing the testing requirement for applicants to provide the public land survey description of a well’s location on a topographic map.
- Adding a new provision to establish a pathway for licensed well drillers from other states to apply for reciprocity from other states and become licensed in Nevada.
Adoption hearing materials are available on the Division’s website at https://water.nv.gov/index.php/bulletinboard/regulations/