Nevada Division Of Water Resources Measuring Water Levels In Nevada Wells February Through March
CARSON CITY, Nev. – Beginning the middle of February and continuing into March, staff from the Nevada Division of Water Resources, Office of the State Engineer, will be measuring groundwater levels in wells throughout various hydrographic basins in the state.
The data collection is part of an ongoing effort to assess hydrologic conditions throughout Nevada. Division staff will be measuring water levels primarily in irrigation and stock wells.
Contact Mark Beutner at 775-684-2821 for more information.
Water level measurements may be reviewed at http://water.nv.gov/data/waterlevel/.
Workshops scheduled on Abandoned Mine Lands Program changes
The Nevada Division of Minerals will be holding two workshops pertaining to the amendment of certain regulations relating to its Abandoned Mine Lands Program in Chapter 513 of Nevada Administrative Code. The proposed changes increase the fee imposed on filings of mining claims by $1.50 per claim to fund activities in the abandoned mine lands program per NRS 513.094, revise the provisions of rating and ranking dangerous conditions, revise the requirements for posting warning signs and methods of securing dangerous conditions, and repeals obsolete language. The proposed regulation changes are available on the Nevada Division of Minerals web site at: www.minerals.nv.gov. The meetings are scheduled:
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Legislative Counsel Bureau- 401 South Carson Street Room #2134 Carson City, NV 89701
Via videoconferencing to Legislative Counsel Bureau Las Vegas Room #4412E
Thursday, February 18, 2106 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
Nannini Administration Building 540 Court Street Suite 102 Elko, NV 89801
Members of the public who are disabled and require special accommodations or assistance at the workshops are asked to notify the Division of Minerals by calling 775-684-7043.
