Nevada Code § 539.230

Appropriation and distribution; use by irrigation district declared public use; place of use of water
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1. The board of directors may appropriate
or otherwise acquire water in accordance with the law, and also construct the
necessary dams, reservoirs and works for the collection, storage, conservation
and distribution of water for the district and for the drainage of the lands
thereof.
2. The collection, storage, conveyance,
distribution and use of water by or through the works of irrigation districts
organized before, on or after July 1, 1919, together with the rights-of-way for
canals and ditches, sites for reservoirs, electric power and transmission
lines, and all other works and property required to carry out fully the
provisions of this chapter, is hereby declared to be a public use.
3. The place of use of water appropriated
or otherwise acquired by an irrigation district may be within or outside the
boundaries of the district, may include all or any part of the lands within the
boundaries of the district and must be described in any application filed by
the district to appropriate or otherwise acquire the water. Water appropriated
or acquired by the district is appurtenant to and may be beneficially used and
applied to lands anywhere within the described place of use.

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