Wyoming § 41-3-320 Owners of ditches and reservoirs; sale or lease
of impounded water

Wyoming Statutes

§ 41-3-320 — Owners of ditches and reservoirs; sale or lease of impounded water

Wyoming § 41-3-320

Title 41Water

Ch. 3WATER RIGHTS; ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL

Art. 3RESERVOIRS

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 41-3-320 (2026).

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Except as otherwise provided by deed or other written
instruments of the owner or owners of the right to impound water
in any reservoir, such reservoir owner or owners shall, after
the completion of the works in connection with such reservoir,
be held to be the owner of the right to impound the water, and
the right to sell or lease a portion or all his right to the
impounded waters; provided, that the sale of any portion of the
capacity of any reservoir shall carry with it an interest in the
reservoir and works appurtenant thereto of such proportion as
the portion sold bears to the total capacity of the reservoir;
and provided, further, that the water stored in any reservoir
cannot be used outside the boundaries of the state of Wyoming
without special permit from the state engineer; and pr

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Except as otherwise provided by deed or other written
instruments of the owner or owners of the right to impound water
in any reservoir, such reservoir owner or owners shall, after
the completion of the works in connection with such reservoir,
be held to be the owner of the right to impound the water, and
the right to sell or lease a portion or all his right to the
impounded waters; provided, that the sale of any portion of the
capacity of any reservoir shall carry with it an interest in the
reservoir and works appurtenant thereto of such proportion as
the portion sold bears to the total capacity of the reservoir;
and provided, further, that the water stored in any reservoir
cannot be used outside the boundaries of the state of Wyoming
without special permit from the state engineer; and provided,
further, that the state engineer may deny any use of water from
any reservoir that would be detrimental to the public interest.