§ 41-7-802 — Definitions

Wyoming § 41-7-802

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 41: Water
• Ch. 7: IRRIGATION DISTRICTS
• Art. 8: PUBLIC IRRIGATION AND POWER DISTRICTS

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(a) "Public irrigation district", "Public irrigation and
power district", or "district", means a district organized under
this act, either as originally organized or as the same may be
from time to time altered or extended.
(b) The word "board" shall mean the board of directors of
a district organized under this act.
(c) The words "works" and "system" shall be deemed to
include all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating
thereto and deemed necessary or convenient for their operation,
and all water rights acquired or exercised by the board in
connection with such works, and shall embrace all means of
conserving, controlling and distributing water, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, reservoirs,
dams, diversion canals, distributing canals, lateral ditches and
pumping units, mains, pipelines and water works systems, and
shall include all such works for the conservation, development,
storage, distribution and utilization of water, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, works for the
purpose of irrigation, flood control, development, sale and
distribution of power, watering of stock, supplying of water for
public, domestic, industrial and other uses, whether such works
be operated in conjunction with or separately from electric
power plants or systems.
(d) The word "project" shall mean any one (1) of the works
hereinabove defined or any combination of such works which are
physically connected or jointly managed and operated as a single
unit.