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Committee advances bill to bar using potable or irrigation water to produce hydrogen, agrees to draft regional and wastewater exceptions
Summary
Lawmakers advanced 26LSO0178, a draft statute declaring molecular destruction of water to produce hydrogen is not a "beneficial use;" the committee approved conceptual amendments to allow regional exceptions in over‑appropriated basins and carve‑outs for wastewater/produced water to be drafted before session, and advanced the bill on roll call.
The Select Water Committee advanced a working draft that would bar using Wyoming’s potable or irrigation water to destroy water molecules for industrial hydrogen production, while directing staff to draft narrowly targeted exceptions.
LSO described the proposal as an addition to W.S. 41‑3‑101: the bill would state that ‘‘the destruction of water molecules by separating the hydrogen and oxygen atoms for the purposes of the industrial production of hydrogen shall not constitute a beneficial use of water.’’ Companion language would allow ordinary…
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