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 41-3-930 – Application; Who Required to File; Filing; Contents; Use of Water From Existing Well; Statement of Claim.
41-3-930. Application; who required to file; filing; contents; use of water from existing well; statement of claim. (a) Any person who intends to acquire the right to beneficial use of any underground water in the state of Wyoming, shall, before commencing construction of any well or other means of obtaining underground water or performing any […]
Section 41-3-931 – Application; When Granted Generally; Denial Subject to Review; Defects and Corrections Generally; Cancellation.
41-3-931. Application; when granted generally; denial subject to review; defects and corrections generally; cancellation. An application for a permit for a well in any areas not designated as a critical area shall be granted as a matter of course, if the proposed use is beneficial and, if the state engineer finds that the proposed means […]
Section 41-3-932 – Public Notice of Application or Petition; Hearing Before State Engineer and Control Area Advisory Board; Cost.
41-3-932. Public notice of application or petition; hearing before state engineer and control area advisory board; cost. (a) Upon the filing of a petition to amend an existing water right or an application to appropriate underground water for any use other than domestic, stockwatering or miscellaneous purposes where the quantity of water to be appropriated […]
Section 41-3-933 – Express Conditions Limiting Rights of Appropriator; Additional Conditions.
41-3-933. Express conditions limiting rights of appropriator; additional conditions. It is an express condition of each underground water permit that the right of the appropriator does not include the right to have the water level or artesian pressure at the appropriator’s point of diversion maintained at any level or pressure higher than that required for […]
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 […]