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Committee advances water-protection bill restricting hydrogen production that 'destroys' water, seeks clarifications on wastewater use
Summary
House Bill 116, which would declare industrial splitting of water to make hydrogen not a 'beneficial use' under Wyoming water law, advanced out of committee 8–1 after the State Engineer warned that such a declaration could bar permitting and members asked staff to draft clarifying amendments about produced/wastewater and regional exceptions.
Representative Strzok introduced House Bill 116 as a measure to protect Wyoming's scarce water resources by declaring that destroying water molecules to produce hydrogen is not a beneficial use under state water law.
Brandon Gebhardt, State Engineer, told the committee that if the bill retains language declaring the practice "not a beneficial use," the State Engineer's Office would lack authority to permit that specific method of hydrogen production. "If that portion stays in, then we're not allowed to permit it…
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