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Senate backs limits on repetitive temporary water-use permits but rejects in-stream flow language
Summary
Senate File 43, which updates the statute governing temporary changes in water use, passed after debate about reforming an archaic statute and adding sideboards on successive temporary permits; the Senate removed proposed in-stream flow restrictions in earlier amendment work.
The Wyoming Senate on Jan. 20 passed Senate File 43, an update to the state's temporary water-use change statute that, sponsors said, modernizes decades-old language and places limits on repetitive successive temporary permits.
Senator Case, speaking in opposition to aspects of the bill at one point, urged colleagues to consider broader potential beneficial uses of temporary water…
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