Section 41-3-919 – Prohibited Acts; Penalty for Violation.
41-3-919. Prohibited acts; penalty for violation. Any person who withdraws underground water or who fails to stop or reduce the flow of underground water in violation of any order of the state engineer made pursuant to this act, or any person who does not have a permit, certificate or vested right to appropriate underground water […]
Section 41-3-912 – Control Areas; Board Member Districts; Designation; Redesignation; Duty of State Engineer; Hearings.
41-3-912. Control areas; board member districts; designation; redesignation; duty of state engineer; hearings. (a) “Control area” means any underground water district or subdistrict that has been so designated by the board of control. The board of control may designate a control area for the following reasons: (i) The use of underground water is approaching a […]
Section 41-3-913 – Control Areas; Election of Control Area Advisory Board; Mileage and Expense Allowances.
41-3-913. Control areas; election of control area advisory board; mileage and expense allowances. (a) When an underground water district or subdistrict is declared to be a control area, when the board of control geographically redesignates a control area or when the board of control approves the recommendation of a control area advisory board that board […]
Section 41-3-914 – Adjudication of Waters Within Control Area.
41-3-914. Adjudication of waters within control area. (a) After the boundaries of any control area have been determined by the board, the appropriate superintendent shall proceed with the adjudication of unadjudicated wells within the control area. After completing the adjudication, the superintendent shall hold evidence of the adjudication open for inspection by the public at […]
Section 41-3-915 – Control Areas; Hearing to Determine Adequacy of Water for All Appropriators; Corrective Controls Generally; Agreements in Lieu of Controls.
41-3-915. Control areas; hearing to determine adequacy of water for all appropriators; corrective controls generally; agreements in lieu of controls. (a) After designation of an area as a control area by the board, the state engineer may temporarily adopt any of the corrective controls provided for by this section, where it appears that immediate regulation […]
Section 41-3-916 – Priority of Rights When 1 Source of Supply.
41-3-916. Priority of rights when 1 source of supply. Where underground waters in different aquifers are so interconnected as to constitute in fact one source of supply, or where underground waters and the waters of surface streams are so interconnected as to constitute in fact one source of supply, priorities of rights to the use […]
Section 41-3-917 – Change of Location of Well Without Loss of Priority; Appeal From Action of State Board of Control or State Engineer.
41-3-917. Change of location of well without loss of priority; appeal from action of state board of control or state engineer. (a) An appropriator of underground water may change the location of his well to a point within the same aquifer in the vicinity of the original location, without loss of priority, by securing approval […]
Section 41-3-906 – Application; Rights Subject to Preferences; Rights of Municipal Corporations.
41-3-906. Application; rights subject to preferences; rights of municipal corporations. Rights to underground water shall be subject to the same preferences as provided by law for surface waters, and rights not preferred may be condemned and changed to a preferred use in the manner provided by law for surface waters. Nothing herein contained shall be […]
Section 41-3-907 – Application; Preferred Right of Appropriations for Stock or Domestic Use.
41-3-907. Application; preferred right of appropriations for stock or domestic use. Appropriations of underground water for stock or domestic use, the latter being defined as household use and the watering of lawns and gardens for noncommercial family use where the area to be irrigated does not exceed one (1) acre, where the yield or flow […]
Section 41-3-908 – Division Advisory Committee; Appointment; Removal; Duties; Expense Allowances.
41-3-908. Division advisory committee; appointment; removal; duties; expense allowances. (a) In each of the water divisions of the state, as defined in W.S. 41-3-501, there shall be established a division advisory committee on underground water. Each committee shall consist of three (3) persons, appointed by the governor, who shall in making such appointments, select persons […]