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STATE OF WYOMING



Water in Wyoming belongs to the State.  The Wyoming State Engineer is a constitutionally-created office and is Wyoming’s chief water official with general supervisory authority over the waters of the state, and of its appropriation, distribution and application to recognized beneficial uses.  The State Engineer is entrusted with the duty to preserve Wyoming’s water allocations to safeguard the State’s current and future water supplies.  The Wyoming legislature has conferred upon Wyoming officers the authority to cooperate with and assist like authorities and entities of other states in the performance of any lawful power, duty or authority.  Wyoming appropriators with respect to other states.


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'''[[Media:MeadArticle AnnalsofWyoming Winter2013.pdf |Wyoming water History_ John Shields]]''' (Elwood Mead's Role in Establishing the Constitutional Foundations of Wyoming's Water Law)