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Nevada Division of Environmental Protection

Access to clean water is essential to human health and to Nevada’s economy. We support and implement measures to conserve this valuable resource and ensure clean lakes, streams, rivers and drinking water is available to the citizens of Nevada.



Nevada Division of Water Resources

The mission of the Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR) is to conserve, protect, manage and enhance the State's water resources for Nevada's citizens through the appropriation and reallocation of the public waters. In addition, the Division is responsible for quantifying existing water rights; monitoring water use; distributing water in accordance with court decrees; reviewing water availability for new subdivisions and condominiums; reviewing the construction and operation of dams; appropriating geothermal water; licensing and regulating well drillers and water rights surveyors; reviewing flood control projects; monitoring water resource data and records, and providing technical assistance to the public and governmental agencies.

Groundwater and Drinking Water

It is estimated that more than 13 million households rely on private wells for drinking water in the United States (US Census American Housing Survey 2017). EPA does not regulate private wells nor does it provide recommended criteria or standards for individual wells. EPA offers information regarding the importance of testing private wells and guidance on technologies that may be used to treat or remove any contaminants.





Best available treatment technologies

This link leads to a list of the Best Available Treatment/Technologies (BATs) vetted for public water systems to reduce contaminants of concern vs National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR)

Caveats to non-public water systems (PWS) representatives:

  • These BATs may be expensive and may require bespoke scaled to purpose designs.

  • This is a list of BATs for water systems that are held accountable to NPDWR; they also often have access to copious federally backed financial assistance programs.

  • Non-public water systems (private wells) are not federally held accountable to public drinking water quality regulations, but it is encouraged to comply with NPDWR to the best extent possible.


Technical assistance is often available from: