Water right · Lyon County, Nevada, United States
Effluent water right 72121
Effluent water right 72121 is a permitted water right in Lyon County, Nevada, United States, with 208 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Lyon County Utilities Department.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
Research on this water right and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, its use, its transfers and the land it serves, and an introduction to the holder.
Request researchHow it compares by face-value volume
Effluent water right 72121 is the 184th-largest of 251 storage and power rights in Nevada and the 715th-largest of 907 in the United States by face-value volume, with 208 acre-ft/year. Its uses include storage or power, so its face value counts water held in a reservoir or run through turbines, not water consumed. It is ranked among storage and power rights only, and face values are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| Nevada | 184th of 251 |
| United States | 715th of 907 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this water right: 10 data centers (1 operating, 161 MW), 8 mines (7 operating) and 2 power plants (1,263 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley Mine | Mine | — | Operating | 8.0 km |
| Arcosa Adams Claim #1850 | Mine | — | Operating | 12 km |
| Goni Pit | Mine | — | Operating | 17 km |
| Tahoe Reno 5 | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Tahoe Reno 4 | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Google Storey County | Data center | 161 MW | Operating | 26 km |
| Tracy | Power plant | 1,033 MW | Operating | 31 km |
| Fort Churchill | Power plant | 230 MW | Operating | 41 km |
Holder and place
More from Lyon County Utilities Department
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- Truckee River water right 84356S01477,851 acre-ft/year
- Truckee River water right 84357S01477,851 acre-ft/year
- West Walker River water right 9405200,000 acre-ft/year
- Virgin River water right 58591130,000 acre-ft/year
- Owyhee River & Etal water right R08961111,476 acre-ft/year
- Humboldt River water right 12956100,000 acre-ft/year
Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- eWRIMS Water Rights List. eWRIMS Water Rights List, Public domain.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion. Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion, CC0 1.0 Universal.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion). Oregon Water Resources Department water rights (points of diversion), Public domain by statute.