Desert Valley Water Co. v. State

OPINION

On May 6, 1977, appellant Desert Valley Water Co. (Desert Valley) filed twenty-one applications with the office of the state engineer, seeking the use of underground water in the Tonopah area. There were no protests filed against these applications. The state engineer considered the applications, but denied all of them on December 19, 1985 as adversely affecting existing rights and detrimental to the public interest and welfare. NRS 533.370(3).

Desert Valley appealed this decision to the district court, filing its appeal and noticing the state engineer within thirty days of the denial…