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WY Stat § 41-3-905 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|Section 41-3-905 - Application; Generally; Registration of Vested Rights; Permit to Construct Well; Registration of Formerly Exempted Wells.

41-3-905. Application; generally; registration of vested rights; permit to construct well; registration of formerly exempted wells.| Nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to interfere with the right of any person to use water from any existing well where such water is economically and beneficially used for irrigation or for municipal, railway, industrial or other beneficial use, to the extent only that such continued right does not injuriously affect existing adjudicated surface rights not heretofore abandoned, and such use is hereby declared to constitute a vested right, provided, that the owner of any such right acquired before April 1, 1947, must have filed with the state engineer the statement required by W.S. 41-3-901 through 41-3-938, on or before December 31, 1957, and the owner of any right acquired on or after April 1, 1947, must have registered his well with the state engineer as required by W.S. 41-3-901 through 41-3-938, prior to the effective date of this act, and provided further, that the right to take underground water from any well exempted from the provisions of W.S. 41-3-901 through 41-3-938, that is not exempted from the provisions of this act, and that shall be registered with the state engineer prior to the effective date of this act, shall also constitute a vested right in the use of water with priority as of the time of completion of the well. No well shall be constructed after the effective date of this act unless a permit has been obtained from the state engineer. All existing stock and domestic wells formerly exempted may be registered with the state engineer prior to December 31, 1972. The state engineer shall make appropriate forms for such registration available with each county clerk and at such other places as he deems feasible.
WY Stat § 41-3-906 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|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 construed to impair the rights of municipal corporations to acquire any underground water or underground water rights for a necessary public purpose by eminent domain or condemnation proceedings.
WY Stat § 41-3-907 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|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 does not exceed .056 cubic feet per second or twenty-five (25) gallons per minute, shall have a preferred right over rights for all other uses, regardless of their dates of priority, subject to the provisions of W.S. 41-3-911, as amended, if an appropriation is for two (2) or more uses, and includes one (1) of the above preferred uses, the preferred use shall be limited to .056 cubic feet per second or twenty-five (25) gallons per minute, and the application shall specify one (1) acre upon which such preferred uses shall be made. Such preferred use shall not include municipal use by any person of water appropriated by a municipality or company, or any instance where water is purchased or held out for sale.
WY Stat § 41-3-908 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|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 who, in his opinion, will adequately represent the landowners and water users of the division, the geographical areas of the division and the public interest. The first committee in each division shall consist of one (1) member appointed for a term of two (2) years, one (1) member appointed for a term of four (4) years, and one (1) member appointed for a term of six (6) years. Their successors shall each be appointed for a term of six (6) years. The governor may remove any member of any advisory committee as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.  (b) The duties of the division advisory committee on underground water are:  (i) To call and supervise the election of the members of control area advisory boards;  (ii) To assist and advise the state engineer and the board regarding policies that affect the underground water of this state, such assistance and advice to consider both the interests of underground water users and the interests of the general public;  (iii) To provide advice and assistance to the state engineer and superintendents in arriving at solutions to underground water problems as they arise within the water division;  (iv) To provide advice and assistance to control area advisory boards, particularly in the development of control measures which are recommended to the state engineer for adoption;  (v) To provide underground water users within the division with information relative to the policies and procedures of the state engineer and board which affect the use of underground water.  (c) The members of each of the division advisory committees shall receive the same per diem, mileage and expense allowances while attending and traveling to and from control area board meetings and other official business of the committee in the same manner and amount as employees of the state.
WY Stat § 41-3-909 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|Section 41-3-909 - State Engineer; Powers Generally.

41-3-909. State engineer; powers generally.| (a) In the administration and enforcement of this act and in the effectuation of the policy of the state to conserve its underground water resources, the state engineer is authorized and empowered on advice and consent of the board of control:  (i) To prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable to enable him to efficiently administer this act;  (ii) To require such reports from well drillers as may be necessary or desirable;  (iii) To require such annual reports from underground water users as may be necessary or desirable;  (iv) To make such investigations as may be necessary or desirable, and to cooperate in such investigations with agencies of the United States, agencies of this state or any other state, political subdivision of this state, any public or private corporation, or any association or individual;  (v) To make regulations concerning the spacing, distribution and location of wells in critical areas;  (vi) To establish standards for the construction of wells, to work with the division advisory board, governmental subdivisions, and water user organizations to encourage the adoption of local standards of beneficial use and methods of conveyance and application of water designed to conserve and prevent waste of supplies;  (vii) To require, whenever practical, all flowing wells to be so capped or equipped that the flow of water can be stopped when the wells are not in use, and to require both flowing and nonflowing wells to be so constructed and maintained as to prevent the waste of underground water either above or below the land surface;  (viii) To require the abatement of any condition, or the sealing of any well, responsible for the admission of polluting materials into an underground water supply;  (ix) To delegate any of the duties and powers imposed or granted by this act, to the deputy state engineer or to an assistant state engineer, or other qualified member of his staff;  (x) To bring suit to enjoin the construction of illegal wells or the withdrawal or use of water therefrom, or to enforce any of the provisions of this act or of orders issued thereunder, and to intervene in any action or proceeding when it appears that the determination of such action or proceeding may result in the depletion of underground water resources of the state contrary to the policy expressed in this act.
WY Stat § 41-3-910 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|Section 41-3-910 - State Engineer; Power to Determine Area and Boundaries of Districts.

41-3-910. State engineer; power to determine area and boundaries of districts.| The state engineer is authorized and directed to determine the area and boundaries of districts overlying the various aquifers yielding underground waters in this state and to assign to each district a distinctive name or number. He may establish subdistricts when parts of an aquifer require or may require separate regulations from the rest. He may alter the boundaries of such districts and subdistricts at any time. He may establish different districts for different aquifers that overlie each other in whole or in part.
WY Stat § 41-3-911 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|Section 41-3-911 - Authority to Order Interfering Appropriator to Cease Withdrawals of Water; Hearing Complaints by Appropriators.

41-3-911. Authority to order interfering appropriator to cease withdrawals of water; hearing complaints by appropriators.| (a) Whenever a well withdrawing water for beneficial purposes shall interfere unreasonably with an adequate well developed solely for domestic or stock uses as defined in W.S. 41-3-907, whether in a control area or not, the state engineer may, on complaint of the operator of the stock or domestic well, order the interfering appropriator to cease or reduce withdrawals of underground water, unless such appropriator shall furnish at his own expense, sufficient water at the former place of use to meet the need for domestic or stock use. In case of interference between two (2) wells utilizing water for stock or domestic use as defined in W.S. 41-3-907, the appropriation with the earliest priority shall have the better right.  (b) Any appropriator of either surface or underground water may file a written complaint alleging interference with his water right by a junior right. Complaints are to be filed with the state engineer and are to be accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to help defray costs of investigation. This section is not applicable to interference between two (2) surface water rights. Upon receiving the complaint and fee, the state engineer shall undertake an investigation to determine if the alleged interference does exist. Following the investigation, the state engineer shall issue a report to all interested parties stating his findings. The report may suggest various means of stopping, rectifying or ameliorating the interference or damage caused thereby.  (c) Any interested appropriator who is dissatisfied with the results of the foregoing procedure may proceed under the applicable provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. If a hearing is to be held, it shall be held before the appropriate water division superintendent. The superintendent shall report to the board of control at its next meeting. The board shall issue its order to include findings of fact and conclusions of law.
WY Stat § 41-3-916 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|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 of all such interconnected waters shall be correlated and such single schedule of priorities shall relate to the whole common water supply. The state engineer may by order adopt any of the corrective controls specified in W.S. 41-3-915.
WY Stat § 41-3-917 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|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 of the state board of control if the groundwater right has been adjudicated or if the groundwater right has not been adjudicated but the water has been applied to beneficial use. In cases involving domestic or stock water wells which are not adjudicated but the water has been applied to beneficial use, the state engineer may approve a change of location. If the right is not adjudicated and the water has not been applied to beneficial use, approval for the change in location may be granted by the state engineer. No petition shall be granted if the rights of other appropriators shall be injuriously affected thereby. No petition granted shall increase the total amount of the appropriation of water set forth in the original permit. The state board of control and the state engineer may make such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The state engineer may approve a change of well location even if water has not been applied to a beneficial use.  (b) A decision by the state engineer granting or denying a petition to change the location of an unadjudicated right under this section may be appealed to the board of control. An appeal may be taken to the district court pursuant to W.S. 16-3-101 through 16-3-115 from an order of the board of control:  (i) Affirming or reversing a decision of the state engineer appealed to the board under this subsection; or  (ii) Granting or denying a petition to change the location of an adjudicated right under this section.
WY Stat § 41-3-918 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|Section 41-3-918 - Appeals.

41-3-918. Appeals.| Any person aggrieved by an order of the board or of the state engineer concerning underground water, or by their or his failure to act, may appeal in the manner provided by W.S. 41-4-517, and the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
WY Stat § 41-3-919 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|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 who shall withdraw underground water from any well other than a well for stock or domestic purposes as defined in W.S. 41-3-907, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished under W.S. 41-3-616.
WY Stat § 41-3-931 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|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 of diversion and construction are adequate. If the state engineer finds that to grant the application as a matter of course, would not be in public's water interest, then he may deny the application subject to review at the next meeting of the state board of control. If the state engineer shall find that the proposed means of diversion or construction are inadequate, or if the application is otherwise defective, he may return the application for correction. If such correction is not made within ninety (90) days, the state engineer may cancel the application.
WY Stat § 41-3-933 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|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 maximum beneficial use of the water in the source of supply. The state engineer may issue any permits subject to such conditions as he may find to be in the public interest.
WY Stat § 41-3-934 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|Section 41-3-934 - Time Limits to Complete Construction; Extensions; Cancellation Generally.

41-3-934. Time limits to complete construction; extensions; cancellation generally.| If the permit is granted, the applicant shall complete the construction and apply the water to beneficial use before the date specified in the conditions of approval, which shall not be more than three (3) years after the date of approval. The state engineer may extend the period or cancel the permit in accordance with the procedures set forth in W.S. 41-4-506.
WY Stat § 41-3-935 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|Section 41-3-935 - Adjudication Procedure.

41-3-935. Adjudication procedure.| (a) Any person constructing any well under a permit shall, within thirty (30) days after the completion or abandonment of such work, report to the state engineer the data required relating to such well, on forms furnished by the state engineer. A well shall be considered complete when it is possible to install a pump and pump water. In the case of an artesian well, completion is the time when the drill rig is moved off of the drilling site.  (b) Adjudication of all ground water rights except stock watering and domestic uses of ground water referenced in W.S. 41-3-907 shall proceed upon completion of the work according to the terms of the permit and the recording on forms furnished by the state engineer of such information as is deemed necessary concerning the works, and the filing of a map signed by a Wyoming licensed professional engineer or land surveyor, showing the location of the well and the point or points of use. The state engineer or his authorized representative shall inspect the works, the lands irrigated or other uses being made of the water upon receipt of the map. The adjudication of stock watering and domestic uses of ground water referenced in W.S. 41-3-907 may be initiated by the state engineer or the appropriator of record and will not require the filing of a map signed by a Wyoming licensed professional engineer or land surveyor, showing the location of the well and the points and areas of use or require the inspection by the state engineer or his authorized representative of the works, the lands irrigated or other uses being made of the water unless, in the discretion of the state engineer, such procedures are deemed necessary and appropriate. At this time the board may consider for adjudication the ground water rights upon proof of beneficial use being submitted by the appropriator.  (c) Adjudication shall proceed in the same manner prescribed for the adjudication of surface water appropriations once the state engineer or his authorized representative has reported his findings to the board. A ground water appropriation attaches to the land for irrigation, or for such other purposes or object for which it was acquired.  (d) In the interest of an orderly adjudication procedure for ground water, the state engineer, with the concurrence of the board, may order adjudication of any ground water appropriations in the state. Upon one (1) year notice, any appropriator whose appropriation is to be adjudicated shall furnish the state engineer all of the documents mentioned in subsection (b) of this section. If any appropriator refuses to supply any of this information, the superintendent may tag and lock the well. Any appropriator that interferes with the tag or lock is subject to the same penalty as provided in W.S. 41-3-938. Use of water well so tagged or locked is prima facie evidence of such interference.
WY Stat § 41-3-936 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 9 - Underground Water|Section 41-3-936 - Priority of Appropriation.

41-3-936. Priority of appropriation.| The priority of appropriation of underground water obtained prior to April 1, 1947, shall date from time of completion of the well. The priority of appropriation of underground water obtained subsequent to April 1, 1947, and prior to March 1, 1958, shall date from the filing of registration in the state engineer's office. The priority of appropriation of underground water obtained on or subsequent to March 1, 1958, shall date from the filing of the application for permit in the state engineer's office. Priority of appropriation of underground water for stock or domestic purposes, as defined in W.S. 41-3-907, shall date from the time of completion of the well if properly registered with the state engineer prior to December 31, 1972. If registered with the state engineer subsequent to December 31, 1972, the priority shall date from the filing or registration in the state engineer's office.