Wyoming § 41-3-916 - Priority of rights when 1 source of supply.

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§ 41-3-916. Priority of rights when 1 source of supply.

Where underground waters in different aquifers are so interconnected as to constitute in fact one source of supply, or where underground waters and the waters of surface streams are so interconnected as to constitute in fact one source of supply, priorities of rights to the use of all such interconnected waters shall be correlated and such single schedule of priorities shall relate to the whole common water supply. The state engineer may by order adopt any of the corrective controls specified in W.S. 41-3-915.

Source: official Wyoming text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 41-3-916 ("Priority of rights when 1 source of supply.") is part of the Wyoming Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of Wyoming. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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