Nevada Code § 540.145

Requirements for supplier of water to calculate water loss
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 4, each supplier of water that is required to adopt or update a plan
of water conservation in accordance with the provisions of NRS 540.131 and:
(a) Serves 3,300 persons or more must conduct a
water loss audit in accordance with the methodology and software of the
American Water Works Association for water loss auditing. The results of the
water loss audit must be submitted by the supplier of water to the Section with
the plan of water conservation or update to the plan of water conservation, as
applicable.
(b) Serves less than 3,300 persons must calculate
the amount of water delivered by the supplier of water and the amount of water
that was billed to customers of the supplier of water for each year. The
calculations must be submitted by the supplier of water to the Section with the
plan for water conservation or update to the plan of water conservation, as
applicable.
2. If the supplier of water has previously
submitted the results of a water loss audit to the Section pursuant to
paragraph (a) of subsection 1, and is submitting an update to the plan of water
conservation, the supplier must also submit to the Section:
(a) A comparison between the results of the new
water loss audit and the previous water loss audit; and
(b) An analysis of any progress made by the
supplier towards the goals for acceptable water loss established in the plan
for water conservation pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 540.141 .
3. If the supplier of water has previously
submitted the results of the calculations conducted pursuant to paragraph (b)
of subsection 1 to the Section, and is submitting an update to the plan of
water conservation, the supplier must also submit to the Section:
(a) A comparison between the results of the new
calculations and the previous calculations; and
(b) An analysis of any progress made by the
supplier towards the goals for acceptable water loss established in the plan
for water conservation pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 540.141 .
4. The provisions of this section do not
apply to a transient water system as defined in NRS 445A.848 .

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