The State Engineer shall reject the application and refuse to issue a permit to appropriate water for a specified period if the State Engineer determines that:
- 1. The application is incomplete;
- 2. The prescribed fees have not been paid;
- 3. The proposed use is not temporary;
- 4. There is no water available from the proposed source of supply without exceeding the perennial yield or safe yield of that source;
- 5. The groundwater that has not been committed for use from the proposed source of supply has been reserved pursuant to NRS 533.0241;
- 6. The application requests a change to or reinstatement of groundwater rights that have been retired pursuant to NRS 534.115;
- 7. The proposed use conflicts with existing rights; or
- 8. The proposed use threatens to prove detrimental to the public interest.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1368; A 2019, 2518; 2025, 1399, 1939)