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2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 41 - WATER
CHAPTER 4 - BOARD OF CONTROL; ADJUDICATION OF WATER RIGHTS
41-4-503. Recordation; approval or rejection generally.

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WY Stat § 41-4-503 (through 2012)
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All applications which shall comply with the provisions of this chapter, and with the regulations of the engineer's office, shall be recorded in a suitable book kept for that purpose; and it shall be the duty of the state engineer to approve all applications made in proper form, which contemplate the application of the water to a beneficial use and where the proposed use does not tend to impair the value of existing rights, or be otherwise detrimental to the public welfare. But where there is no unappropriated water in the proposed source of supply, or where the proposed use conflicts with existing rights, or threatens to prove detrimental to the public interest, it shall be the duty of the state engineer to reject such application and refuse to issue the permit asked for.

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