Section 445A.66735 - New systems: Capacity for development and treatment of water1. A supplier of water for a new public water system shall ensure that, except as otherwise justified by an engineer and approved by the Division or the appropriate district board of health pursuant to subsection 2, the public water system's capacity for the development and treatment of water, whether surface water or groundwater, or both, is sufficient to provide, when the demand for water in the area of service of the system is: (a) Not more than 100 residential equivalents, at least 2 gallons per minute per residential equivalent for metered systems and 2.5 gallons per minute per residential equivalent for unmetered systems.(b) More than 100 but not more than 250 residential equivalents, at least 1.5 gallons per minute per residential equivalent for metered systems and 2 gallons per minute per residential equivalent for unmetered systems.(c) More than 250 but not more than 500 residential equivalents, at least 1.2 gallons per minute per residential equivalent for metered systems and 1.7 gallons per minute per residential equivalent for unmetered systems.(d) More than 500 residential equivalents, at least 1 gallon per minute per residential equivalent for metered systems and 1.5 gallons per minute per residential equivalent for unmetered systems.2. The Division or the appropriate district board of health may, after evaluation on a case-by-case basis, revise the minimum requirements set forth in subsection 1 when an area of service involves unique circumstances or applications of water, including an area of service that contains mines or large residential lots or has extraordinary industrial, institutional, commercial or other nonresidential needs.Nev. Admin. Code § 445A.66735
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 2-20-97; A by Environmental Comm'n by R194-08, 10-27-2009