NAC704.5669. Resource plan: Assessment of projected reliability of water service; population estimates.

     1. The resource plan of a utility, other than a utility that provides only services for the disposal of sewage, must include an assessment of the projected reliability of the utility’s water service to its customers. The assessment must compare the total projected water supply available to the utility with the total projected water use by the utility’s customers during a normal water year, a single dry water year and 3 consecutive dry water years. The assessment must be provided for the 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th years of the resource plan.

     2. A utility shall, in its resource plan, use estimates of population obtained from a state, regional or local agency within the service area of the utility.

     3. As used in this section:

     (a) “Dry water year” means a water year that has precipitation that is less than 80 percent of the precipitation in a normal water year.

     (b) “Normal water year” means a water year that has precipitation equal to the average precipitation calculated by an entity in the region where the utility is located.

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008)