§ 33-42-102 — Definitions

(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Board" means the state board of examining water
well drilling contractors and water well pump installation
contractors;
(ii) "Underground water" means any water, including
hot water and geothermal steam, under the surface of the land or
under the bed of any stream, lake or reservoir;
(iii) "Water well drilling contractor" means any
person responsible for or causing the construction, equipping,
test pumping or development of any water well for compensation
or otherwise as provided by this act;
(iv) "Water well pump installation contractor" means
any person who is in the business of installing pumping
equipment in water wells for compensation or otherwise as
provided by this act;
(v) "Well" means any artificial opening in the ground
for the production of groundwater or the disposal of water
underground, including developed springs, test wells, monitoring
wells, deep well ground beds (cathodic protection bores),
geothermal or heat exchange wells, drive points and excavations
for the purpose of artificial recharge to the groundwater bodies
or disposal of wastes. The term "well" does not include
excavations made for the dewatering of construction sites, mines
or oil and gas wells, and the prospecting for and removal of
mineral products, nor wells for the production of the media for
secondary oil recovery;
(vi) "This act" means W.S. 33-42-101 through