Section 41-4-504 – Endorsement by State Engineer; Return to Applicant; Effect of Approval or Rejection.
41-4-504. Endorsement by state engineer; return to applicant; effect of approval or rejection. The refusal or approval of an application shall be endorsed thereon and a record made of such endorsement in the state engineer’s office. The application so endorsed shall be returned to the applicant. If approved, the applicant shall be authorized, on receipt […]
Section 41-4-505 – Additional Information Before Approval or Rejection.
41-4-505. Additional information before approval or rejection. (a) Before either approving or rejecting an application, the state engineer may require such additional information as will enable him to properly guard the public interests, and may, in the case of applications proposing to divert more than twenty-five (25) cubic feet of water per second of time, […]
Section 41-4-506 – Time Limits for Completing Construction Work; Extensions; Forfeiture of Rights; Cancellation of Permit; Notice of Date of Expiration to Appropriator.
41-4-506. Time limits for completing construction work; extensions; forfeiture of rights; cancellation of permit; notice of date of expiration to appropriator. Whenever the state engineer places his endorsement of approval on any application for a water permit, he shall require that actual construction work be completed within the time set by him in the permit. […]
Section 41-4-507 – Maps and Plats; When Required With Application; Contents; Format Requirements; Copies; Duties of State Engineer Generally.
41-4-507. Maps and plats; when required with application; contents; format requirements; copies; duties of state engineer generally. (a) Each application for a permit to appropriate waters for beneficial uses under a project embracing the major irrigable portion of an entire drainage basin within the limits of this state which has been approved by either state […]
Section 41-4-508 – Maps and Plats; Examination; Approval; Filing; Return of Copy.
41-4-508. Maps and plats; examination; approval; filing; return of copy. It shall be the duty of the state engineer to examine these maps or plats and to ascertain if they agree with the description contained in the application, and when found to agree, or made to agree, to approve the same, file one (1) copy […]
Section 41-4-502 – Application for Permit to Acquire Right to Beneficial Use of Public Water; Duty of State Engineer Upon Receipt; Use for Irrigation Purposes; Defective Applications; Corrections; Cancellation; Extensions.
41-4-502. Application for permit to acquire right to beneficial use of public water; duty of state engineer upon receipt; use for irrigation purposes; defective applications; corrections; cancellation; extensions. On receipt of an application for a permit to acquire the right to the beneficial use of the public water of the state of Wyoming, which application […]
Section 41-4-408 – Costs; Division of Water Pending Appeal.
41-4-408. Costs; division of water pending appeal. All costs made and accruing by reason of such appeal shall be adjudged to be paid by the party or parties against whom such appeal shall be finally determined. During the time an appeal from the order of the board of control is pending in the district court, […]
Section 41-4-501 – Permit Required Prior to Construction of Ditches, Canals or Other Distributing Works; Contents of Application; Unlawful Diversion or Use of Water Prohibited; Rulemaking Authority.
41-4-501. Permit required prior to construction of ditches, canals or other distributing works; contents of application; unlawful diversion or use of water prohibited; rulemaking authority. (a) Any person, association or corporation hereafter intending to acquire the right to the beneficial use of the public water of the state of Wyoming shall, before commencing the construction, […]
Section 41-4-329 – Excess Water; Defined.
41-4-329. Excess water; defined. For the purpose of this act, excess water is hereby defined to be that quantity of water belonging to the state of Wyoming flowing in the natural channel of any main stream or a tributary of a main stream within the boundaries of Wyoming, at any time in excess of the […]
Section 41-4-330 – Excess Water; Rights of Use Generally.
41-4-330. Excess water; rights of use generally. (a) A right to the use of excess water as defined by W.S. 41-4-329 in the amount of one (1) cubic foot per second for each seventy (70) acres of land having an adjudicated water right or a water right under permit, except those having a priority date […]