Las Vegas, NV Water Use Rules: Leak Reporting Duty (2026)
Key Facts
- Citation
- LVMC 14.11.070
- Enforcing body
- Las Vegas Valley Water District
- Trigger
- Notice of water waste issued
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor or civil enforcement
Summary
Las Vegas property owners, occupants and managers must repair water leaks. LVMC 14.11.070 makes it unlawful to waste water after a notice of water waste, including failing to fix a leak or letting a broken pipe run unrepaired.
It is unlawful for any owner, occupant, or manager of real property served by a water provider to waste water after a notice of water waste has been issued. The waste of water includes...(2) Failure to repair a water leak. (B) It is unlawful for anyone to permit the excess use, loss or escape of water through a break, leak or malfunction in the water user's plumbing or distribution facilities for any period of time after the excess use, loss or escape should have been reasonably discovered and corrected.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 61).
Full Breakdown
LVMC 14.11.070, part of the Drought Plan chapter enforced with the Las Vegas Valley Water District, bars wasting water after a notice of water waste is issued, and expressly lists failure to repair a water leak as prohibited waste. It separately makes it unlawful for anyone to let water escape through a break, leak, or malfunction in plumbing or distribution facilities for any period after the loss should reasonably have been discovered and fixed.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 14.11 violations, per LVMC 14.11.210, may be prosecuted as a misdemeanor or handled through the District's own civil administrative enforcement procedures.
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