Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 037 - Engineer, State › Sub-Agency 0004 - Ground Water › Chapter 7 - PETITIONS › Section 7-3 - Petition for Change in Unadjudicated Ground Water Right

Current through July 13, 2024
a. An appropriator of ground water where the
				right has not been adjudicated may change the location of his well or replace
				his well, without loss of priority, to a point within the same aquifer, make
				acreage amendments, or correct errors in his original permit, by securing the
				approval of the State Engineer.
b.
				The requirement for surveys and maps (see Section
				2 of this
				Chapter) may be waived if the change to be made is simple and can be adequately
				explained without a map. This generally will be true in the case of wells for
				domestic or stock purposes. For wells with other uses, if Part II (Plat) of
				Form U.W. 8, "Proof of Appropriation and Beneficial Use of Ground Water", has
				not yet been submitted, the map requirement also may be waived. However, the
				new well location or other change will have to be shown on the plat at the time
				that it is submitted.
c. The
				following are requirements for such a petition:
(1) HEADING - Identify the well to which the
				changes apply, and show the date of completion and Underground Water District,
				if such apply.
(2) OPENING
				STATEMENT - Identify the petitioner, show a mailing address, and give a general
				introduction.
(3) ITEM 1 - Show
				that the petitioner is the present owner of the well to be changed. Describe
				the well completely, giving the name of the well; Permit, Statement of Claim,
				or Well Registration Number; date of filing; and the date the well was
				completed. Describe the location of the well by distances in the cardinal
				directions (north, south, east, and west) from the nearest Government Corner
				(section corner or quarter section corner); also show the legal subdivision in
				which the well is located. This information should be available from the
				Statement of Claim, Well Registration, or Ground Water Permit; otherwise it may
				be obtained from field measurement. (EVIDENCE OF OWNERSHIP MUST ACCOMPANY THIS
				PETITION.)
(4) ITEM 2 - Describe
				the location to which it is desired to move or change the wel 1 (use method set
				forth above), and/or describe any other changes desired.
(5) ITEM 3 - Describe the area(s) or point(s)
				of use. If for irrigation, describe the lands which were irrigated under the
				terms of the permit (or Statement of Claim or Well Registration), indicating
				whether or not the lands have been irrigated up to the present time.
(6) ITEM 4 - Give the reason why the proposed
				change is desired.
(7) ITEM 5 -
				Specify that the well in its new location will be in the same underground basin
				and aquifer as its previous location. Include a statement that, subject to the
				allowance of the petition and completion of the new well, a Statement of
				Completion will be filed with the State Engineer, setting forth the usual data,
				and that the amount of water to be used from the new well will not exceed the
				amount of the original appropriation.
(8) ITEM 6 - Specify that the old well will
				be properly abandoned and sealed.
(9) ITEM 7 - State the amount of fees which
				accompany the petition. (IF THE PETITION IS TO BE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS
				NOTICES INSTEAD OF MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, NO FEE IS REQUIRED AND THIS PARAGRAPH
				MAY BE DELETED.)
(10) PRAYER -
				State what is specifically desired by the petition.