Important facts for well users

• The permitted use of water from a quasi-municipal well (a well serving two or more homes) is based on an average of 1,000 gallons per day per home, not to exceed 365,000 gallons per year per home. Such wells also are known as public supply wells or community wells.
   

• Use of water from a domestic well (a well serving a single home) shall not exceed 1,800 gallons per day.
   

• All quasi-municipal wells are required to have a meter, and accurate readings must be kept of all water pumped from the well.
   

• A domestic well is one that serves a single home without a water right permit. Domestic well water usage may not exceed 1,800 gallons per day
   

• Nevada Revised Statute (NRS) 534.130 grants water-resource agencies access to private property to carry out their duties during reasonable hours of the day.
   

• Under NRS 197.090, any person whom by means of any threat, force or violence, attempts to prevent an administrative officer from performing a duty imposed on him by law is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.