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2020 Wyoming Statutes
Title 41 - Water
Chapter 4 - Board of Control; Adjudication of Water Rights
Article 3 - Adjudication
Section 41-4-330 - Excess Water; Rights of Use Generally.

Universal Citation:
WY Stat § 41-4-330 (2020)
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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 prior to March 2, 1945, is hereby adjudicated to attach to all original direct flow water rights, and only on lands described in adjudicated appropriations of record in the office of the state board of control or under valid permits or filings of record in the office of the state engineer. The rights so adjudicated shall bear date of priority as of March 1, 1985. Rights unadjudicated shall acquire the excess right as the original is perfected.

(b) Any permits issued or water rights granted in the state of Wyoming with a priority date after March 1, 1985, shall be subject to the adjudication of excess water as provided herein.

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