1. If any owner or owners of irrigation works shall refuse or neglect to construct and put in such headgates, flumes or measuring devices as provided for in NRS 536.010 after 10 days’ notice, the State Engineer may close such ditch, and the same shall not be opened or any water diverted from the source of supply, under the penalties prescribed by law for the opening of headgates lawfully closed, until the requirements of the state engineer as to such headgate, flume or measuring device have been complied with.
2. If any owner or manager of a reservoir, which reservoir requires the use of a natural stream channel, shall neglect or refuse to put in such measuring device after 10 days’ notice by the state engineer, the state engineer may open the sluice gate or outlet of such reservoir and the same shall not be closed, under the penalties of the law for changing or interfering with headgates, until the requirements of the State Engineer as to such measuring device are complied with.
[Part 56:140:1913; A 1947, 518; 1943 NCL § 7941]
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