Senate backs limits on repetitive temporary water-use permits but rejects in-stream flow language

Jan 20, 2025

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.

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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.

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